Sawtry Dental Practice
Do Your Teeth Stop You From Smiling As Much As You'd Like?
Conventional dental braces have been a very effective and popular orthodontic treatment for correcting a wide range of problems like misaligned teeth, crooked teeth, teeth with excessive or uneven gaps etc. One of the problems associated with braces was poor aesthetics due to their metallic appearance. Naturally, people who were conscious of their smile and appearance did not like wearing braces, except where absolutely necessary for medical reasons.
Teeth straightening with dental braces is the most cost effective, long term solution to improving the smile in many cases. At Sawtry Dental we want you to feel great about your smile. Whether this is the shape, position or colour of your teeth. Developments in brace technology has given us the ability to straighten your teeth quicker and more painlessly than ever before.
Cfast Orthodontics
What Are Cfast™ Braces?
Cfast is a gentle, minimally invasive treatment for adults that uses sound orthodontic principles to straighten the upper and lower front six teeth – the Cfast that make up your visible smile. Using a tooth coloured wire and clear brackets, it gently straightens your teeth to give you that healthy, beautiful smile.
Cfast is a simple cosmetic system which uses orthodontic appliances specially designed to straighten the front teeth of adults to provide a significant improvement in the appearance of their smile in a time frame of around 6 months (treatment should take no longer than 9 months but the vast majority are complete in a 4-6 month period).
Cosmetically Focused Adult Straight Teeth
Fast, Discreet and Confident Smiles with CFAST
Quick Results
Treatment typically takes just 4 to 6 months, making it much faster than traditional braces.
Discreet Appearance
Uses clear brackets and tooth-colored wires, making it less noticeable than metal braces.
Improves Smile Aesthetics
Focuses on the front six teeth—those most visible when you smile—leading to a noticeable improvement in your appearance.
Minimally Invasive
Since it only targets minor alignment issues, there is less discomfort and complexity compared to full orthodontic treatments.
Affordable
The short treatment time dramatically cuts the cost.
Cfast Braces
The Cfast Process
- 1. Consultation
We will discuss your concerns, and create a treatment plan together to achieve your desired outcome. You may choose to have a 3D digital image made to accurately show what the final result will look like for an additional fee.
- 2. Impressions and photographs
If you are suitable for Cfast, and once you’ve decided to go ahead, we will take some impressions and a set of “before” photographs. The impressions are sent to the laboratory to have your brace made, a process which usually takes 10 working days.
- 3. Putting on the brace
The brace is fitted and you will be given detailed instructions on how to look after the brace. This appointment takes about 30 minutes. Wax is supplied to help ease any discomfort you may experience at the beginning.
- 4. Review
Every 4 weeks, we will arrange to see you to review the progress you are making with the treatment. Photographs are taken to document the progress. The wire will be removed to clean the brackets for you, then it is either replaced or a new wire may be placed. If your teeth are crowded, some polishing may be required to remove a very small amount of enamel between the teeth. No more than 0.5mm of enamel is removed using abrasive strips and it is a painless process. This allows us to make more room for the teeth to move into alignment.
- 5. Removing the brace and polishing teeth
When you are happy with the result, we will take some impressions to make your fixed wire retainer. Once the fixed retainer has been placed, we can remove the brace and polish the front of the teeth for a smooth finish. We then take more impressions for your removable retainer.
- 6. Retainers
The removable retainer is fitted at this appointment. This is the main retainer and must be worn nightly. The fixed retainer is a “back-up” retainer and shouldn’t be relied on to keep the teeth in place. There is also the option of the SOLID retainer system, exclusive to Cfast. This is a premium, invisible fixed retainer complemented by a clear retainer, which is fitted in one appointment to ensure absolutely no tooth movement after braces are removed.
Cosmetically Focused Adult Straight Teeth
Conditions That Fixed Braces Can Help Solve
Fixed braces can resolve a wide range of orthodontic issues, including:
Overcrowding
Excessive spaces or gaps between teeth
Overbite, underbite, crossbite and openbite
Crooked or angled teeth
Abnormal tooth eruptions
Misplaced midline – misaligned centres of the upper and lower teeth
See What Our Patients Say
We pride ourselves on our patient care and love seeing the amazing smiles we’re able to help create.
Would highly recommend & have done to friends.
Dr Lee has a way of making any anxious person feel relaxed and stay calm. He has such a kind, caring manner. Lovely Staff and Therapy Dog too. X
Professional service with great results.
All of the staff are so friendly and welcoming!
I highly recommend Dr Lee and therefore have registered my children with him too.
Price is very reasonable for private dentistry but more importantly the chief dentist Lee, was able to give you comprehensive understanding of your problems and provide you range of potential treatment options, then offering his advice for the most suitable for you. His work seems excellent with a lot of care and I am very pleased to have chosen this dentist and confident my teeth will get better.
