When kids know they have to get braces, they sometimes respond with some defensiveness. They may have seen kids who wear braces get teased (or been teasing them themselves!) and they want to avoid that!

Since you're the parent, though, you know that you will be the one to decide what's best for them. If they get teased a little bit, they'll get over it, right?

Thankfully your children don't have to be made fun of, not if the dentist uses braces that are invisible. Only you, your child, and the dentist will know about the braces.

That's the comfort offered by Fairfax City braces. You read that right. When you see a Fairfax City dentist, you'll get Invisalign invisible braces. Aligners used in sequence move the teeth where they should go. The aligners are made with computers. And they can be removed at any time for good oral hygiene.

Here's what will happen when you get invisible braces. Your Fairfax City dentist devises a treatment schedule and gets aligners specifically crafted to your child's mouth. Over a period of several weeks and months, new aligners are placed in your child's mouth every two weeks. The teeth will definitely get to the right place when things are done in this manner. How long this will all take is subject to if the condition of the teeth is bad or REALLY bad. Normally, dentists say that the whole process will take about a year. With conventional braces, you would have to plan for about two years.

What happens a lot of times is that the orthodontist will put braces on your child and if the oral hygiene suffers because of it, he is forced to remove the braces. You can avoid this scenario by getting Invisalign braces which can be taken off at home for tooth brushing time.

But hey, check this out! Fairfax City braces easily straighten whatever amount of crooked teeth you have. A single aligner can be placed on one front crooked tooth or just one little twisted tooth on the left side. Why get a whole mouthful of braces for just one tooth?