Simply put, Smile Love is an internet-based company who deliver clear aligners right to your door. Similar to Invisalign, Smile Love offer one of the most convenient and cost-effective ways of straightening teeth and boosting self-confidence.
Their clear aligners are custom-made for each client, ensuring they fit perfectly, are far less noticeable than traditional braces and the entire process can be done from the comfort of your home with no need to visit a dental expert.
Smile Love is one of the newer clear aligner companies that are changing the world of orthodontics. Join us as we take a closer look at their offering.
The last few years have seen a revolution taking place in the orthodontics market. For decades the there was only one way to straighten your teeth – go to an orthodontist, have metal braces fitted and return every month to have the tension of the wire braces adjusted. Not only was this inconvenient and time consuming, but it was also expensive (total costs range between $5,000 - $6,000). What really put the icing on the cake is that for this large amount you were rewarded with a mouth full of metal, restricting what you could eat and drink and making oral hygiene a real task.
Thankfully a functional alternative has been developed, addressing each of the issues we’ve mentioned that come part and parcel with the traditional solution. Today at-home teeth straightening is changing the way we improve our smiles and getting that perfect smile you’ve always dreamed of has never been easier or cheaper.
One of the newer players in this field, Smile Love has been operating since 2017 and compete with more established names like SmileDirectClub, Candid, byte and Snapcorrect. Smile Love aims to capture a large share of the market by being one of the most affordable at-home clear aligner options. Smile Love has a number of licensed orthodontists who oversee your treatment process remotely.
Smile Love aims to compete with the more established names based on 4 key areas:
AffordabilitySmile Love have adopted what seems to be the industry format when it comes to how the process works.
Next, you are asked to upload a photograph of your teeth. A Smile Love dental expert will review your answers and photo and decide if you are suitable for treatment via aligners. If you are you will be sent an impression kit.
Next, Smile Love will send you a kit that contains everything you need to make dental moulds at home. Simply follow the included instructions and you will have a highly detailed mould of your teeth. After a week or two of returning your impressions to Smile Love, one of their licensed orthodontists will get to work creating on your treatment preview. This preview is a digital version showing the current state of your teeth and what they will look like by the end of the treatment process. If you are happy with the end result, you can order your aligners. If their experts deem you to be unsuitable for aligners or you aren’t impressed, you will receive a full refund.
If you are happy with the treatment preview, Smile Love will mail you your Aligner Kit all at once. Each set of aligners should be worn for two weeks before moving onto the next set for the duration of your treatment. Barring unforeseen delays or extenuating circumstances, your aligners will arrive 4-6 weeks after returning your impressions.
Your treatment is basically over and by this point, you will already have your perfect new smile. Smile Love will supply with your first set of retainers. These are essential and prevent your teeth from sliding back to their old position. For the first 2 months after treatment has ended, they should be worn for 22 hours per day. Thereafter they only need to be worn during the night.
Smile Love claims to have the lowest prices in the aligner market, with their clear aligners costing 75% less than traditional wire braces and being significantly cheaper than any of the other clear aligner brands currently in the market.
At Smile Love, licensed and certified orthodontists review, approve and build a customized aligner treatment plan for each. If their orthodontists decide that aligner treatment is not suitable for a particular case, or if the client is unhappy with their treatment preview, Smile Love refund all payments in full.
Smile Love will send you everything you need for your aligner treatment is mailed all at once shipped right to your door.
This will include:
Please note that while you may only require an upper or lower, Smile Love’s orthodontists will still need impressions of both since they need to make sure that your bite is perfectly aligned, so the treatment cost will the same as if receiving aligners for both the top and bottom jaws.
Smile Love pride themselves on their levels of customer service and their well-trained support team are available to answer your questions at any stage of treatment via email, call, text, online chat, or video call.
Let’s be frank – traditional wire braces are outdated and should be consigned to the scrap heap. The future, it seems, lies in clear dental aligners. While most of the at-home aligner providers follow the same procedure, there are a few reasons why Smile Love should always be considered – their low cost, uses of qualified orthodontists and willingness to offer a prorated refund to those unhappy with the progress of their treatment.