Straightening your teeth involves a lot of work. Conventional teeth braces require wearing them for extended periods sometimes spanning years before getting results. Your dentist, Dr. Liqing Zhang of A to Z Dental offers Fastbraces in Richton Park, Flossmoor, and Chicago Heights, IL, to correct your smile in less time.

FASTBRACES® FAQs

What is Fastbraces?

Fastbraces is a unique orthodontic device that aims to correct crooked teeth for a straighter smile. It uses panels and wires to correct your dental alignment problems just like conventional braces. However, it helps you achieve a straight smile with less pain and in a shorter time.

How Do Fastbraces Work?

Fastbraces use triangular brackets to redirect your teeth. These triangular brackets have more space in between than the square brackets of traditional braces. Fastbraces work to shift your teeth' roots and crowns to a better position and correct your dental defects. That way, Fastbraces helps correct your teeth defects in a shorter time.

Is Fastbraces Faster Than Traditional Braces?

Fastbraces in Richton Park, Flossmoor, and Chicago Heights, IL, can help straighten your teeth quicker than conventional braces. While conventional braces may need up to three years to get you results, Fastbraces can get you results in a year or less.

What Are the Fastbraces Options?

Types of Fastbraces include the traditional Fastbraces metal and the Fastbraces with tooth-colored wires. Fastbraces also offer retainers that help correct minimal dental defects.

Are Fastbraces Painful?

When you tighten your Fastbraces at your dentist's office, you may get some discomfort but this generally goes away after a while. However, many patients agree that Fastbraces are less painful than conventional braces.

What Are the Risks of Fastbraces?

There are no additional risks from using Fastbraces. The risks are the same as the risk of getting traditional braces, such as trouble maintaining oral hygiene and gum disease.

Are Fastbraces Suitable for Anyone?

Fastbraces are suitable for most people eligible for traditional braces. It can correct dental defects such as overbite, overbite, spaced teeth, and crossbite. Your dentist will determine if you're eligible for Fastbraces after your consultation.

If you'd love to learn more about how Fastbraces in Richton Park, Flossmoor, and Chicago Heights, IL, can improve your smile, talk to your dentist, Dr. Zhang of A to Z Dental. Schedule your dental consultation by calling:

Richton Park (708) 481-2288

Flossmoor (708) 957-2030

Chicago Heights (708) 709-1708