Will Angel Aligners Work in Littleton?

Angel Aligners will work for you if the crowding, spacing, or bite can be moved with clear trays and you can wear them roughly 20 to 22 hours a day. They will not work for you if a tooth must turn farther than the plastic can hold, or if the trays will sit in a bag instead of on your teeth. After more than thirty years at Ohmart Orthodontics, that call is made from your scan, not from a brochure.

Who Do Angel Aligners Help?

They help a teenager or an adult with mild to moderate crowding or spacing, and a child whose bite the trays can hold, when the trays stay on the teeth for roughly 20 to 22 hours a day.

A teenager who puts the trays back in after lunch is a typical fit, and so is an adult whose lower front teeth drifted after braces in high school. If the trays are going to live in a backpack or a work bag, braces are the better appliance, because a tray off the teeth is not moving anything, and the product page is Angel Aligners at our office if you want it before the drive.

What Does The First Scan Feel Like?

The scan feels like a small wand passing over the teeth, plus photographs, so you do not have to bite into an impression tray, and most people are surprised by how little the visit asks of them.

Bring the real week with you, including practice that runs late and workdays that run long, because a tray plan cannot be built around hours you do not have. Dentists in south Denver send their own children when they want a direct answer on whether treatment should start.

If a retainer has been in a drawer and the lower front teeth have shifted, say so before the scan, because that history changes the plan more than any product page does. The trays are made after you leave, so you do not walk out wearing the first set.

How Are The Trays Designed?

The series is planned from that scan as one movement at a time, and at Ohmart Orthodontics you wear each set for about two weeks before we hand you the next.

The hours come from the Angel Aligners patient guidance: wear the trays any time you are not brushing or eating, roughly 20 to 22 hours a day, and take them out for brushing, eating, and drinking. At Ohmart Orthodontics the trays also come out for flossing and for any drink other than water, and those hours are confirmed at the consultation.

If a tray is not seated, a small gap shows along the edge at the next visit, and the following sets are changed while that miss is still small. The review is with Scott Ohmart, whose name is on the door, not with the lab that only printed the trays.

Will Angel Aligners Work If You Had Braces As A Kid?

They often will when the teeth crowded again after braces, and they usually will not when the first treatment left the bite unfinished, which is what the scan is there to separate.

Many adults who come in for trays are in their thirties or forties and were straight at graduation before the lower front drifted, and that relapse usually tracks when the trays stay in for the full day. A bite that was never finished does not become a tray case just because the front teeth look crowded.

Angel Aligners And The Name You Already Know

People ask for Invisalign because that is the name they have heard, and some bites at Ohmart Orthodontics are still treated that way, while most clear aligner patients now wear Angel Aligners. The movements stay precise, and the fee is easier than the heavily branded national option because the lab cost is lower and that difference is passed on to you.

If a tooth stops tracking, we revise the sequence rather than leaving you with the box that arrived on day one. If you want the wider picture of how trays are used before you come in, start with the clear aligners page.

What Do The First Weeks Feel Like?

The first set feels snug, and you should still be able to eat breakfast, so call if the tightness is enough that you skip the meal. We look at the edge of the tray and at whether that tooth was asked to move too far in one step.

You take the trays out for meals and for any drink that is not water, then brush or rinse before they go back in, so the wear time stays near 20 to 22 hours. Speech can be a little fuzzy for a day or two and then settles, which is normal and not a reason to leave the trays in a case through lunch.

When a rotation needs a better hold, an angelButton is built into the tray, and if a separate attachment comes off at dinner you call so it can be replaced before the next set. The two-week visit looks at whether the tooth is sitting fully in the plastic, not at a smile photo.

When Are Braces Still The Better Call?

Braces are the better call when a canine is still high in the gum, when a tooth has to turn farther than the tray can hold, or when the week cannot keep the trays in through lunch and practice.

A younger child whose jaw is still growing is not turned away on age alone, because the records come first, and if the bone is still changing in a way the trays cannot guide, treatment waits until that growth has settled. If you already know the trays will not stay in, say so at the first visit so braces can be planned for that week.

Questions Parents Ask Us

How long will I be in trays?

There is no single number until the bite has been scanned, because a spacing case can finish in a few months and a rotation that needs smaller steps takes longer. If a tooth falls behind, the range changes at the next visit, which is as honest as a timeline can be before the records exist.

Do I still need a retainer?

You still need a retainer after the trays come off, because the trays move the teeth and the retainer is what keeps them from drifting back, which is also what Angel Aligners provides once treatment is done. The same crowding returns when that retainer lives in a bathroom drawer, so the plan for it is made at the start.

Will insurance cover them?

Sometimes, and the answer waits until the card is in hand, because a small space and a long rotation are not the same case and the fee is quoted after the scan. Bring the card to the visit so the office can see what the plan actually pays once the records are real.

How are they different from braces?

The trays come out for meals and brushing, and braces stay on through lunch, which is the practical difference for a week that cannot hold roughly 20 to 22 hours a day. Trays are used when the movement fits and you can wear them, and braces are used when the tooth or the week needs something that stays put.

Who do you start in Angel Aligners?

Children, teens, and adults start when the records show crowding, spacing, or a bite the trays can hold, and a product list alone is not enough to begin. The exam decides whether this mouth is one of those cases, and that answer comes before a sequence is ordered.

When You Are Ready

If you are unsure whether Angel Aligners will work for this bite, come in for the exam, which is free, and we will tell you whether they fit and also if they do not, without your having to start treatment that day.

Request an appointment and come to Littleton, Centennial, or Aurora, whichever office is easiest. If you want to see who will be treating you before you make the drive, you can meet me on the doctors page.

Posted on Sep 24, 2026