Evenly Technologies uses sophisticated digital dental modeling allowing patients to see what their smile will look like when their aligner treatment is completed — before they even walk out the door from their consultation.
Using artificial intelligence and best practices in orthodontics and 3D printing, Evenly works closely with dentists and their patients to achieve outstanding outcomes, often better than any restorative process. From the initial free consultation in one of the hundreds of dental practices that work with Evenly, patients can feel confident that their smiles — and their oral health — are in expert hands.
Meanwhile, dentists working with Evenly gain the ability to offer their patients in-house, state-of-the-art orthodontic treatments at the level of a specialist. Dentists can be confident that they are partnering with the most experienced and skilled orthodontists in the country.
Making Braces a Thing of the Past
Evenly’s innovative approach takes advantage of the simplicity and effectiveness of the modern alignment procedures. Most dentists consider Invisalign-style aligners the better choice over braces for people with mild to moderately uneven teeth. Actually, clear aligners outperform braces in almost every case.
Compared to braces, aligners can achieve better results while being easier to tolerate than traditional bracket and wire braces. Clear aligners are also less visually distracting because they are nearly transparent and smooth. They are also less tactilely distracting to the patient, since there are no protruding wires, and they don’t come with chains or other time-consuming and unpleasant appliances for the patient to manage.
With clear aligners, there also isn’t the constant recalibration required with estimating the less-predictable movements of braces. Aligners move the patient’s teeth in a pre-planned pattern and are able to move all of the teeth at the same time, which can accelerate treatment. Aligner treatment plans are customized for each patient, but typically are based on small, even movements of the teeth within defined time periods. Most treatments take a few months to achieve the desired results.
Why Evenly Is the Right Choice
Today’s dentists are also accustomed to mapping their goals for their patients digitally. That’s where Evenly comes in, making the alignment process even better and more accurate.
Evenly uses an orthodontist-proposed treatment plan. In this iterative process, the dentist, the Evenly orthodontist and the patient can work together to refine their treatment goals and desired outcomes. This can happen as many times as needed to allow the patient to feel satisfied that the computer model shows their smile just they want it to be.
Evenly sends a treatment coordinator (TC) to an in-person meeting to perform a consultation and intra-oral scan. This 3D scan takes only a few minutes and produces 6,000 high-quality images per second. Creating a three-dimensional model of the patient’s teeth and jaw then takes only another few minutes. Working closely with the TC, a member of Evenly’s orthodontic team prepares a personalized orthodontic treatment plan for the patient.
The customized Invisalign aligners are 3D-printed from high-quality, safe polymer material guaranteed to be BPA-free. The Evenly team then hand-tests each aligner and performs an in-person patient aligner fitting to ensure that each patient’s aligners are certain to have the exact right fit. When a patient’s aligners arrive, the Evenly team assists with achieving the proper placement on the teeth.
Then, once a week, the patient has a check-in with Evenly through the company’s remote patient management platform. Evenly even offers a set of retainers at no cost to the patient. Remote monitoring additionally makes the experience easier for patients, cutting down on the number of required in-office visits.
The Vital Role of Orthodontics in Restoration
Early and frequent orthodontic consultation represents the gold standard in restorative dentistry today. Without prior consultations with an orthodontist to help direct the process, several issues in restorative dentistry can arise. Without prior orthodontic intervention, for example, the chances increase that occlusal problems will interfere with the ability to gauge the proper height of any new veneers. If this is the case, the patient may suffer from the breaking of the veneers, or even damage to the lower teeth themselves.
Dr. Wayne Hickory, who serves as the Evenly Chief Medical Officer, urges dentists to determine the following before deciding to skip the orthodontics step in a restorative treatment plan:
Is a patient’s existing occlusion problem likely to reduce the useful life of a restoration, or to prevent the ideal restoration? Are existing positions of the teeth going to have a negative impact on achieving the right symmetry and size of the restorations? And, are the restorations as planned, likely to present future barriers to performing orthodontic work?
In the pre-aligner stage of restorative dentistry, when braces were the only orthodontic solution, it may have made more sense to skip straight ahead to the restorations, since many adults aren’t comfortable with braces. Today, the ease of computer-assisted alignment procedures like Evenly’s makes pre-restoration orthodontics much more acceptable to patients.
Making Orthodontics More Accessible to All
Evenly’s technology allows dentists to provide orthodontic care in-office—which, in turn, gives patients the convenience of traveling to a single location for both their dental and orthodontic needs.
Affordability is also a priority for Evenly. The company accepts insurance from more than 100 providers. Most patients can also enjoy the convenience of an 18-month, interest-free payment plan.
Reviews from patients and dentists show their appreciation for Evenly’s responsive concierge customer service platform, easy-to-use online scheduling tool, quick and efficient product delivery and 360-degree patient support.
With these benefits, it’s clear that Evenly Invisalign aligners represent a very attractive option for both dentists and patients alike.