Retainer Check

  • Please submit photos of your teeth as shown in the examples

    photo of smile
    photo of smile
    photo of smile
    #1 Lower Teeth
    photo of smile

    Open your mouth wide and tilt your chin downwards toward your chest. Hold the camera so it’s perpendicular to the biting surfaces of your bottom teeth. Make sure your full arch is showing and then snap a picture.

    #2 Upper Teeth
    photo of smile

    Open your mouth wide and lift your chin as high as you can. Hold the camera so that it’s perpendicular to the biting surfaces of your top teeth. Make sure you can see the full arch and then click.

    #3 Front View
    photo of smile

    Bite down so your back teeth touch. Directly facing the camera, smile wide and click, trying to get as many teeth as you can in the picture. If you need to, you can pull your lips and cheeks away from your teeth with spoons to show more teeth.

    #4 Right View
    photo of smile

    Bite down so that your back teeth touch, smile and retract the cheek and lips with a spoon pulling on the right side of your mouth to expose more of your teeth. Take a picture of the right side.

    #5 Left View
    photo of smile

    Bite down so that your back teeth touch, smile and retract the cheek and lips with a spoon pulling on the left side of your mouth to expose more of your teeth. Take a picture of the left side.

    For Current Clear Aligners Patients

    #6 Front View With Clear Aligners On
    photo of smile

    Bite down so your back teeth touch. Directly facing the camera, smile wide and click, trying to get as many teeth as you can in the picture. If you need to, you can pull your lips and cheeks away from your teeth with spoons to show more teeth.

    #7 Right View With Clear Aligners On
    photo of smile

    Bite down so that your back teeth touch, smile and retract the cheek and lips with a spoon pulling on the right side of your mouth to expose more of your teeth. Take a picture of the right side.

    #8 Left View With Clear Aligners On
    photo of smile

    Bite down so that your back teeth touch, smile and retract the cheek and lips with a spoon pulling on the left side of your mouth to expose more of your teeth. Take a picture of the left side.

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