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Most Mill Hill patients who ask us about Invisalign have already been comparing it with two other things: traditional fixed braces, and the mail-order aligner companies advertising heavily online. It’s worth being straight about how the three actually differ, because the marketing isn’t.

Fixed braces are not obsolete, and anyone who tells you otherwise is selling something. For certain complex movements — significant rotations, large bite corrections, some extraction cases — fixed appliances still do things aligners struggle with, and a good clinician will say so.

What aligners give you is removability and discretion. You take them out to eat, so nothing is off the menu; you brush and floss normally, so hygiene is easier and the risk of decal­cification marks around brackets disappears. For the great majority of adult cases — crowding, spacing, drifting, mild-to-moderate bite issues — they do the job well.

This is the one to think hardest about. The at-home companies are cheaper, and there’s a reason: you never see a dentist. Nobody examines you before treatment starts.

That matters more than it sounds. Moving teeth puts force through the bone and the gum. If you have undiagnosed gum disease — which is common, often painless, and something you can easily have without knowing — applying orthodontic force can accelerate bone loss and, in the worst cases, loosen teeth. If you have an untreated cavity, an infected root, or a bite problem that needs addressing first, an app will not spot it. A dentist will.

There’s also the question of what happens when something doesn’t track — when the tooth doesn’t follow the plan, which is normal and happens in plenty of cases. In practice, someone needs to look in your mouth and adjust. That’s the service you’re paying the difference for.

Invisalign isn’t magic. Most cases need attachments — small tooth-coloured bumps bonded to the teeth to give the aligners something to grip. They’re visible up close. Many cases need IPR: a fraction of a millimetre of enamel polished between teeth to create space. It’s painless and safe, but you should know it’s part of the plan. And the whole thing depends on you wearing them 20–22 hours a day. Aligners in a drawer move nothing.

You’ll be told all of this at the consultation, before you pay anything — not after.

• ✓  Free consultation and iTero 3D scan — worth £250, with a simulation of your finished result before you commit to anything.
• ✓  A dentist assesses you first — gum health, decay and bite are checked before any force is applied, and the case is monitored throughout.
• ✓  The trade-offs explained upfront — attachments, IPR and wear time, told to you at the consultation rather than after you have paid.
• ✓  Finance from £33.94 a month — 0% APR over up to 10 months, 9.9% APR over 12 to 18 months, and 12.9% APR over 24 to 60 months.
• ✓  Open seven days — ten minutes down the A5, with reviews every six to eight weeks that can go on a Saturday or Sunday.

From £1,495, or from £33.94 a month over 60 months at 12.9% APR. The consultation and the iTero 3D scan (worth £250) are free, and you see a simulation of your finished result before committing to anything. 0% APR finance is available over up to 10 months.

0% APR over up to 10 months · 9.9% APR over 12 to 18 months · 12.9% APR over 24 to 60 months. This summer: removable and fixed retainers, an Airflow hygiene clean and Boutique whitening included — a bundle worth over £750.

Representative example: Invisalign Go at £2,495 over 60 months at 12.9% APR (fixed) = £56.64 per month. Total amount repayable £3,398.48. Total interest £903.48. Finance provided by Tabeo, subject to status. Cherry Dental Ltd trading as Toothi is a credit broker, not a lender, and is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority (FRN 957242).

Full fee guide → · Finance by Tabeo, subject to status, on treatments over £250.

Ten minutes down the A5 from Mill Hill Broadway, or the 240 bus direct to Edgware. Reviews every six to eight weeks can go on a Saturday or Sunday.

Toothi · 1 Handel Parade, Whitchurch Lane, Edgware, London HA8 6LD — two minutes from Edgware Station. Directions →

Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday & Friday: 9am–6pm
Thursday: 9am–12pm
Saturday: 9am–5pm
Sunday: 10am–5pm

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