Invisalign® Clear Aligners

Invisalign® uses a series of custom-made, virtually invisible plastic aligners to gradually move your teeth into their correct position. Each aligner is worn for one to two weeks, 22 hours a day, and swapped for the next in the sequence. You take them out to eat, drink anything other than water, brush, and floss — so daily life and oral hygiene look the same as they did before. Royale Dental serves Invisalign® patients across Hialeah and Miami-Dade in English and Spanish, with a free consultation and 3D smile preview before you commit.

What Invisalign® can fix

• Crowding and overlapping teeth
• Spacing and gaps
• Mild to moderate overbite, underbite, or crossbite
• Open bite
• Relapse after past braces (very common — teeth shift over decades without retainers)

For complex bite issues — severe skeletal discrepancies, large rotations on multiple teeth, or impacted teeth — we’ll be honest if traditional braces or surgical orthodontics is the better tool. Invisalign® isn’t a fit for every case, and we’d rather refer than start something that won’t deliver the result you want. The full clinical comparison lives in Invisalign vs. Traditional Braces.

Who’s a good candidate

Invisalign® works best for patients who:

• Have all permanent teeth (typically age 12+)
• Have generally healthy gums and no active decay (we’ll address those first)
• Are willing and able to wear the aligners 22 hours a day — compliance is the single biggest factor in finishing on time
• Want a discreet option for work, social, or professional reasons

Adults make up the majority of Invisalign® patients today. Teens have a dedicated Invisalign® Teen® product with compliance indicators built in.

How treatment works

1. Free consultation and 3D scan. We take photos and a digital iTero® scan of your teeth — no goopy impressions. The software previews the final result before you commit, so you see roughly what your smile will look like at the end of treatment.
2. Treatment plan and aligner fabrication. Once you approve the plan, the full series of custom aligners is fabricated and shipped. Most cases use 12–30 trays, sometimes more for longer treatments.
3. Bonding attachments (if needed). Small tooth-colored composite buttons are bonded to certain teeth to give the aligner grip for specific movements. Painless, and they come off at the end.
4. Wear and switch. Wear each tray for the prescribed 1–2 weeks, 22 hours a day. Take them out only to eat, drink anything but water, and clean your teeth. Teeth move approximately 0.25mm per tray.
5. 6–8 week check-ins. We verify progress, hand you the next batch of trays, and adjust if anything isn’t tracking the predicted movement. Refinement trays at the end are normal and included in most treatment plans.
6. Retainer. A custom Vivera® retainer locks in the result. Nightly wear long-term prevents relapse.

Benefits over traditional braces

• Discreet. Most people won’t notice you’re in treatment.
• Removable. Eat what you want — no popcorn, gum, or sticky food restrictions.
• Better hygiene. Brush and floss normally, which keeps gums healthier than fixed brackets do.
• Fewer office visits. No monthly wire adjustments — usually 6–8 weeks between visits.
• No bracket emergencies. No broken brackets, poking wires, or wax-on-the-go.
• Predictable. The 3D plan shows the projected outcome before you commit.

Living with Invisalign®

A typical day: aligners go in after breakfast and brushing. You take them out to eat lunch or drink coffee, brush briefly, and put them back in. Same at dinner. The adjustment to talking and tray-handling takes about 48 hours. Most patients say they forget the trays are in by the end of the first week of each new tray. After Invisalign treatment, many patients consider professional whitening or porcelain veneers to refine shape and color now that alignment is set.

Cost and financing

Full Invisalign® treatment is $5,000 for teens and $5,665 for adults — that covers the 3D scan, every aligner tray you need from start to finish, all check-in visits, and the final result. The retainer that holds your new smile in place after treatment is $474. Smaller cases — minor corrections or aligning just the top or bottom teeth — are priced lower and quoted separately.

Most dental insurance plans include orthodontic benefits — often a $1,000–$2,500 lifetime maximum that applies to Invisalign® just as it would to braces. Bring your card and we’ll verify benefits in about 60 seconds.

Payment plans from around $99/mo through CareCredit and Alphaeon make the total manageable — Invisalign cost and financing in Hialeah walks through both options in detail. Orthodontic treatment is a one-time cost that lasts decades with retainer compliance — meaningfully different math than ongoing whitening or cosmetic refinements.

The free consultation includes the 3D scan and a written estimate — no obligation, no surprises.