How LightForce Compares
Preparation
LightForce
All your doctor needs is a digital scan of your teeth.
Traditional Treatment
Uncomfortable impressions are needed by your doctor.
Design
LightForce
We design your custom treatment plan virtually.
Traditional Treatment
A mold of your teeth is produced.
Fit
LightForce
LightForce braces fit every tooth perfectly to maximize comfort and reduce breakage.
Traditional Treatment
Each bracket is uniform with little to no customization.
3 Benefits of LightForce
Braces built for you - and only you.
Each bracket is custom built by LightForce using some of the world’s most sophisticated 3D Printing technology
Shorter treatment times and fewer office visits.
Get out of the orthodontist’s chair, and back to living your life.4
More comfortable, more efficient treatment.
Our brackets conform precisely to your teeth, reducing discomfort and improving the straightening accuracy
Testimonials
DR. LISA ALVERTRO
ALVETRO ORTHODONTICS
"The LightForce system with customized 3D printed brackets has taken our indirect bonding and clinical efficiency to the next level. Not only are we impressed with the ease and accuracy of bonding but with the progress of our cases as well. It is so exciting to be able to offer this technology to our patients."
DR. ESTEE WANG
LAKES ORTHODONTICS
"The Lightforce on-boarding process was easy and seamless for me and my entire team. Their high quality 3D planning software along with their skilled technicians made finalizing a Lightplan fast and efficient. Lightforce has been a game changer for our practice, further improving our quality and efficiency and establishing a new standard of care for our patients in our community!"
DR. MAZ MOSHIRI
SMILE SAINT LOUIS
“Being able to pivot my fixed appliances to LightForce has been seamless, and truly gratifying. The digital ecosystem allows for an elevated treatment planning process and efficient customization of appliances for my patients versus our historic analogue processes. Clinically, seeing the superior outcomes the appliance affords my patients has established a new standard of care for us moving forward.”
Citations
- Silver Mm Griffin AC, et al. Novel methods reveal that parallelism contributes to the functional vertical slot dimension in ceramic and metal brackets. The Angle Orthodontist, Vol 88, No 6, 2018
- Internal testing and unpublished data analyzing both accuracy and precision (standard deviation) of 3D printed slot play angles and the vertical slot dimension.
- Brown P, Wagner W, Choi H. Orthodontic bracket slot dimensions as measured from an entire bracket series. Angle Orthod, 2015 Jul;85(4):678-82
- Weber NDJ, Koroluk LD, Phillips C, Nguyen T, Proffit WR. Clinical effectiveness and efficiency of customized vs conventional pre-adjusted bracket systems. J Clin Orthod. 2013;47:261
- Brown MW, Koroluk L, Ko C, Zhang K, Chen M, Nguyen T. Effectiveness and efficiency of a CAD/CAM orthodontic bracket system. Am J Orthod Dentofac Orthop. 2015;148:1067-1074.
*Note: the claims made above reflect the anecdotal evidence and best practices from the orthodontists currently using and developing LightForce.