GT Smiles integrates with dental providers to help them offer GT Smiles products through their practices. But we don’t provide custom devices like retainers, aligners, and night guards directly to patients.
The key word here is “custom”. If a device is designed to have a custom fit for one person’s mouth, you need to start with an accurate three-dimensional snapshot of that person’s teeth. The three ways to get that snapshot are:
- Physical impressions taken at home by patient (least accurate/consistent)
- Physical impressions taken by a dental professional (more accurate/consistent, but still problematic)
- Intraoral scans taken by a dental professional (most accurate/consistent)
Because accuracy/consistency is critical to help ensure that the finished device has a comfortable fit, stays in place, and functions well, we currently use only the more accurate options for making any custom device from GT Smiles: physical impressions or intraoral scans taken by dental professionals.
We’re working on some non-custom devices (devices that don’t need to be custom-fitted to individual mouths), which we may offer directly as well as through practices when ready. But for GT Smiles custom devices, the best current route is through dental professionals.
So if you’re interested in getting a GT Smiles device, the first step is to find a GT Smiles dentist.