Los Alamitos and Rossmoor patients are 15 to 20 minutes from Invisalign at Safari Dentistry and Implants in Huntington Beach, where the aligner plan is designed on a digital scan and a board-certified periodontist checks the gums and bone before teeth are moved. Adults and teens are treated, and the written fee includes attachments, check-ins and the final retainers.
Invisalign or braces?
For most adults and teens with crowding, spacing or a mild bite problem, Invisalign clear aligners do the same job as braces without wires, food restrictions or a mouth full of metal, and they come out for brushing and flossing. Braces still win for some severe bite corrections and for patients who will not wear an aligner 22 hours a day. The scan at the consultation shows which category Los Alamitos patients fall into, and the answer is given plainly.
- Mild crowding or spacing
- 6 to 9 months, about 12 to 20 aligners
- Moderate cases
- 12 to 18 months
- Wear time
- 20 to 22 hours a day
- Check-ins
- Every 6 to 10 weeks, Monday to Thursday
- After treatment
- Retainers nightly, indefinitely
Why gum health decides whether you can start
Aligners move teeth through bone, and if the bone is already being lost to gum disease, moving the teeth can make it worse. Mail-order aligner companies never check this. At Safari the periodontist examines the gums and bone on the first visit, treats any disease first, and clears you for aligners when it is safe. Adults who were told elsewhere that their gums rule out straightening are welcome to be re-examined.
Why Los Alamitos patients choose Safari for Invisalign
Los Alamitos adults often ask whether Invisalign is worth it for a single crooked front tooth or a small gap. Sometimes the answer is a short aligner course, sometimes it is a single bonded tooth, and the scan shows which. The office says which one it is rather than selling the longer plan. Where gum recession has made a tooth look long, the periodontist grafts it in the same plan.
Invisalign cost, insurance and payment plans
Los Alamitos patients get one written fee that covers the scan, every aligner in the plan, attachments, check-ins and the final retainers, so there is nothing added later. The front desk checks your plan for an orthodontic benefit before you decide, and the balance can be spread over monthly payments across the treatment.
What to bring to your first visit from Los Alamitos
- Old retainers or records from previous braces, if you have them.
- Your insurance card; the front desk checks for an orthodontic benefit before the plan is priced.
- A sense of your timeline, for a wedding or a move, so the plan can be sequenced around it.
- Questions about wear time and eating; the answers decide whether aligners suit you.
Getting to the office from Los Alamitos
Safari Dentistry and Implants is at 16511 Goldenwest St, Unit 101, Huntington Beach, CA 92647, about 9 miles from Los Alamitos and usually 15 to 20 minutes by car. From Los Alamitos take Katella Ave east to Valley View St, then south; Valley View becomes Bolsa Chica St in Huntington Beach. Turn east on Heil Ave and the office is at the corner of Goldenwest. From Rossmoor, Seal Beach Blvd south to Westminster Blvd, then east to Goldenwest, is about the same time.
- Hours: Monday to Thursday, 10 AM to 4 PM. Same-day emergency time is held each open day.
- Parking: free, in the lot at the door, with a level entrance.
- Patients come from: Rossmoor, the neighborhoods near Los Alamitos Medical Center, the Joint Forces Training Base side of town and the Katella and Los Alamitos Blvd district.