Six Month Smiles and Short-Term Orthodontics in Frisco, TX
Six Month Smiles in Frisco straightens the teeth that show, in a fraction of the time. It is a cosmetic treatment with a real trade, and this page is mostly about the trade.
What short-term orthodontics does
The time saving is real and it comes from a narrower goal. Understanding exactly what that goal is decides whether this is right for you.
Short-term braces move the teeth that show
The upper and lower front teeth — the ones visible when you smile and talk. Crowding, mild spacing and rotation in that region respond quickly, because far less movement is being asked for than in a comprehensive course.
Whether it corrects your bite is your decision, not the system's
Short-term systems save time by narrowing the goal — they align the teeth that show and leave the bite as it was. If that is what you want, it can be done, and wanting it is not a lesser choice. But it is looked at case by case here, and plenty of these end up treated comprehensively, bite included: the three in our gallery ran twelve, twelve and eighteen months for exactly that reason. The name belongs to the bracket system. It is not a promise we make about time.
Tooth-colored, and fairly discreet
Clear or tooth-colored brackets with fine wires, which is part of why adults choose it. Discreet is not invisible, and anyone looking closely will see them.
Choosing quick treatment because you have a date
Most people who ask for this have a date — a wedding, a family event, a move. That is a legitimate reason to choose a shorter treatment, and it is the honest reason it exists. We would rather you told us the date than worked around it.
Retainers after treatment, permanently
Short treatment does not mean short retention. Teeth that have been moved try to move back regardless of how long it took, and a retainer is a permanent commitment. If anything this matters more here, because the movement was achieved quickly.
Six Month Smiles: what to know before you choose
What you trade off with faster treatment
Comprehensive orthodontics moves everything and finishes with your teeth aligned and your bite working. Short-term orthodontics moves the front teeth and leaves the bite as it was. That trade is entirely reasonable for the right person. That means an adult whose bite is functionally fine, whose concern is the appearance of the front teeth, and who has a genuine reason to want it done quickly. It is a poor trade for somebody whose bite is causing wear, whose teeth are crowded badly enough that they cannot be cleaned, or who has a crossbite doing damage. A straighter-looking front and an untreated bite is a partial solution presented as a finished one. We will tell you which of those you are before you start, and the answer will occasionally be that we would rather you did the full treatment. It is still your decision. It should just be an informed one.
Why Six Month Smiles is grouped with veneers
The practice has a consistent position on cosmetic dentistry and this belongs inside it. This practice does not market cosmetic treatment or sell smiles. The only smile improvement suggested unprompted here is orthodontics, because it moves your own teeth, not covering them. Short-term orthodontics is the same category as composite bonding and veneers: a treatment we perform properly when a patient genuinely wants it, offered only when they ask for it. This is not offered at a routine checkup. If you ask, you get a straight assessment of whether it suits your teeth, what it will and will not change, and what full treatment would involve instead so you can compare the two.
Six Month Smiles and Short-Term Orthodontics near Frisco, Prosper and Plano
Short-term orthodontics is assessed at our office at 8175 Custer Rd, Suite A110, Frisco, TX 75035, where Dr. Peravali tells you honestly whether it suits your case and prices both options at the same appointment. We are open Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday from 9 AM to 6 PM and Saturday from 9 AM to 3 PM. Wednesday and Sunday we are closed, though the phone is still answered on Wednesday. Patients come from Frisco and from Prosper, Plano, Little Elm, Allen, Celina and McKinney.
Call (469) 262-2111Our Six Month Smiles cases
All three were treated comprehensively, bite included, which is why the timings run longer than the name suggests.
Before 
After - Came in with
- Spaces between the teeth.
- What we did
- Six Month Smiles — the spaces were closed.
- Time in treatment
- 12 months
Before 
After - Came in with
- A deep bite with crowding.
- What we did
- Six Month Smiles.
- Time in treatment
- 12 months
Before 
After - Came in with
- Crowding with inflamed gums and tartar build-up, and difficulty cleaning between the teeth.
- What we did
- Six Month Smiles — the crowding was corrected.
- Time in treatment
- 18 months
Six Month Smiles is the name of the bracket system. It is not a promise about how long treatment takes. The system is built to align the front teeth; whether we stop there or correct the bite as well is decided case by case, with you. These three were treated comprehensively — the bite included — which is why they took twelve to eighteen months, longer than the name on the system implies.
Every case on this page was treated in this office, by our own doctors. These are photographs of our own patients, published with their permission. They are close-up photographs of teeth — not portraits of faces — so no patient can be identified from them, which is exactly why patients were willing to let us show them.
Short-term or comprehensive?
Both are legitimate, both are offered here, and the difference between them is the thing the name obscures. The goal is what should decide it — so we settle the goal first.
| Feature | Short-term | Comprehensive |
|---|---|---|
| What moves | The front teeth | All of them |
| Bite corrected | No | Yes |
| Typical duration | Months, as the system intends | Twelve to twenty-four months or more — our own comprehensive cases on these brackets ran twelve to eighteen |
| Appearance during | Discreet brackets and wires | Braces or aligners |
| Cost | Lower | Higher |
| Retention afterwards | Permanent | Permanent |
| Right when | Bite is fine, front teeth bother you, time is short | Bite needs correcting, or you want it done once and properly |
| Wrong when | Bite is causing wear, crowding prevents cleaning, crossbite | — |
The one question to ask before choosing the quicker option
“Is there anything wrong with my bite that this treatment will not address?”
If the answer is no, because your bite is functionally sound and the concern is how the front teeth look, then short-term orthodontics is an efficient, sensible choice and the time saving is real.
If the answer is yes, that calls for a real decision. Perhaps the date matters more, and you will deal with the bite later. Perhaps it changes your mind. Both are reasonable. What is not reasonable is finding out afterwards that the thing causing wear on your back teeth was left out of the plan from the start.
We will answer that question directly, and we will give you both treatments priced at the same appointment so you are choosing between your own two options and not between one option and a story.
If your goal is a quicker cosmetic change, compare it with veneers and with Invisalign. Whichever you choose, retainers and relapse explains why retention is permanent.
To ask about Six Month Smiles in Frisco, call (469) 262-2111 or request an appointment online.
Time in the chair for Six Month Smiles.
The scale runs to five hours — the same scale on every page, so the bars are comparable across the whole site.
Six Month Smiles cost in Frisco: what to expect
Membership plan patients receive a discount on treatment, and CareCredit is available.
You get the figure in writing before treatment starts. We accept all major PPO plans and file the claim for you, our membership plan takes a percentage off treatment, and CareCredit financing is available.
How plans usually cover Six Month Smiles.
Orthodontics — its own category, with its own ceiling
- What plans pay
- Commonly 50%, up to a separate lifetime maximum of around $1,000 to $2,000. Read that again: this is a lifetime maximum. It does not reset every year the way the annual one does.
- Deductible
- Often a separate one-off orthodontic deductible, and on some plans none at all.
What catches people out
- Age limits. A great many plans cover orthodontics only up to age 19, some only to 18. Adult orthodontic coverage exists but it is much less common than people expect.
- A lifetime maximum does not come back. Once it is spent it is spent, on that plan and any future one that counts prior treatment — which is why a second course of treatment is usually paid entirely by the patient.
- Benefits are paid in instalments across treatment — not up front — so changing employer mid-treatment can stop the payments partway through.
These are how dental plans usually classify this treatment — not a statement about your own plan. Yours is the one that governs, plans differ more than people expect, and the only reliable answer comes from reading your specific benefits, which we always do ahead of treatment and give you in writing.
And what changes out-of-network
A dentist who is in-network has signed a contract fixing what may be charged for each procedure and cannot bill you the difference. One who is out-of-network has signed nothing, so the full fee stands.
So the first difference is the price itself — the same treatment is simply allowed to cost more out-of-network, before anyone's plan is considered.
What you personally pay out of that depends on your own deductible and coinsurance, which is why there is no percentage here: it is not a property of the treatment, it is a property of your plan, and we verify yours before you commit. But two things follow for everybody. Your share is a share of a bigger number. And your orthodontic lifetime maximum is spent by what the plan pays toward that bigger number, so the same treatment eats more of your benefit out-of-network. That pot does not reset, which is what makes it bite.
An illustration, not a quote. Both allowed fees for Six Month Smiles are not yet on hand, so the chart above shows a crown instead — the one procedure we hold both sides for. The in-network side is today's contracted allowance; the out-of-network side is what a single carrier allowed during a period when we were not contracted with it, and it is a few years old. Across the 23 procedures where we hold both allowed fees, out-of-network is between 1.2 and 5 times the in-network figure — most often a little over twice.
Check the going rate yourself
FAIR Health's dental cost lookup is free, needs no account, and is not ours — it reports what a procedure typically costs in your area. It does not know your plan, so treat it as a ballpark figure — not a final answer.
Ask us for the number first
We verify your specific plan before your appointment and give you a written estimate: what the plan is expected to pay, and what you pay. If we get it wrong we tell you why.
Bring an Explanation of Benefits
Treated somewhere else? Your EOB shows exactly what the plan paid and what it counted against your maximum. Bring one in and we will read it with you — whether or not you become a patient here.
None of this says out-of-network dentists are worse dentists. Plenty are excellent, plenty are out-of-network for sound reasons, and people choose a dentist for who that person is. What we think you are owed is the information, so that whatever you choose, you chose it knowingly. The whole thing, explained properly, or call (469) 262-2111 and ask.
Booking six month smiles and short-term orthodontics in Frisco
- Hours
- Weekdays 9–6
Saturdays 9–3 - Languages
- English, Telugu, Hindi, Urdu
Arabic with Saba, our hygienist, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays
Vietnamese with Anh, our hygienist, Saturdays
Cantonese and Mandarin with Dr. Louie, our periodontist, on his scheduled days, by internal referral
Six Month Smiles and short-term braces: your questions
Grouped so you can go straight to the one you came for.
Six Month Smiles and Short-Term Orthodontics — common questions
What is Six Month Smiles?
Does it fix my bite?
Who is it actually right for?
How long does it really take?
Is it worse than proper braces?
Will my teeth move back afterwards?
Do you recommend this?
Can I do short-term treatment now and full treatment later?
Does Six Month Smiles really take six months?
Is Six Month Smiles better than Invisalign?
Is Six Month Smiles worth it?
How much does Six Month Smiles cost?
Where can I get Six Month Smiles near me in Frisco?
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