Smile gallery
How our smile gallery works
Real patient photos are shared only with written permission, and mostly in person at your consult. This page explains how that works and uses drawings, not patient photos, to show the bite problems we treat most.
About the pictures on this site: the drawings below are illustrations, not patients. Photos elsewhere on this site are stock images of models, not our patients or their results. Everyone's teeth respond differently, so no photo is a promise of how your treatment will go.
Three rules we keep
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Consent comes first
We take progress photos for your records. Sharing them with anyone else is a separate, optional form. Saying no changes nothing about your care.
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Cases like yours, at your consult
With permission from those patients, we show you a few cases that started out similar to yours, on a tablet in the consult room. Not a highlight reel.
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Online only with a second yes
A small number of patients agree to an online gallery. Faces are cropped unless they ask otherwise, and they can ask us to take photos down at any time.
Common bite problems, drawn
Each panel shows a simple drawing of a concern and of an even arch. Real cases look different and finish differently. Times are typical ranges.
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Illustration: crowding Illustration: an even arch Crowding
- What it is:
- Not enough room, so teeth overlap or twist.
- Often treated with:
- Braces or aligners. Sometimes an expander in kids.
- Typical time:
- often 12 to 24 months
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Illustration: gaps and spacing Illustration: an even arch Gaps and spacing
- What it is:
- Extra room, so teeth have gaps between them.
- Often treated with:
- Aligners or braces, then a bonded retainer to hold gaps closed.
- Typical time:
- often 6 to 18 months
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Illustration: deep overbite Illustration: an even arch Deep overbite
- What it is:
- Upper front teeth cover too much of the lower teeth.
- Often treated with:
- Braces with elastics, or aligners with bite ramps.
- Typical time:
- often 18 to 30 months
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Illustration: underbite Illustration: an even arch Underbite
- What it is:
- Lower front teeth sit in front of the upper teeth.
- Often treated with:
- Early treatment in kids; braces, sometimes with surgery, in adults.
- Typical time:
- often 18 to 36 months
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Illustration: crossbite Illustration: an even arch Crossbite
- What it is:
- Some upper teeth bite inside the lower teeth.
- Often treated with:
- An expander in kids; braces or aligners in teens and adults.
- Typical time:
- often 9 to 24 months
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Illustration: open bite Illustration: an even arch Open bite
- What it is:
- Front teeth do not meet when back teeth bite together.
- Often treated with:
- Braces or aligners; habit coaching in kids; sometimes surgery in adults.
- Typical time:
- often 18 to 30 months
Photo consent
Your photos stay yours
- Record photos are part of your chart and are never shared without a separate signed form.
- For patients under 18, a parent or guardian signs, and we ask the patient too.
- You can change your mind and ask us to remove shared photos at any time.
- Saying no to sharing never affects your treatment, your price or your appointments.
See cases like yours at your consult.
Bring your questions. With other patients' permission, we will show you a few cases that started out similar to yours, plus your own scan.