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SMILE\-FX® / Smile Arc Guide

# People, care and source

SMILE\-FX® publishes this educational guide\. The studio provides full\-service digital orthodontics with a clear\-aligner focus and continuing doctor responsibility, including follow\-ups\.

 

## Doctor\-led care, from planning to follow\-up

 

Board\-certified orthodontists see every patient, including follow\-ups\. Dr\. Tracy Miao Liang is clinical director\.

 

SMILE\-FX® provides full\-service digital orthodontics with a clear\-aligner focus\. Your assessment and goals guide the treatment discussion\.

 

AI\-assisted precision planning and illustrative before/after previews help you discuss proposed changes\. A preview illustrates an intention, not an achieved result\.

 

Low\-dose 3D CBCT is available when clinically indicated\.

 

Smartphone/iPhone monitoring is standard with braces and aligner plans to support communication and clinical progress review alongside assessment; it is not photo diagnosis\.

 

Remote review can flag broken brackets or nontracking aligners for the clinical team to evaluate\.

 

Provider\-support contact access is available 24/7; access is distinct from an immediate reply\.

 

In\-house 3D\-printed aligners and same\-day aligner/retainer options are available through individually confirmed arrangements\.

 

Prescribed course\-correction aligners can be shipped to your home, and doctor\-led Rescue aligner care is individually arranged for previous treatment\.

 

Custom 3D\-printed bracket options are manufactured off\-site, separately from local aligner and retainer fabrication\.

 

Your orthodontist can discuss Invisalign®, OrthoFX®, AirFlex™ and nighttime options, then prescribe the system and wear arrangement for your plan\.

 

Fixed and removable retainers plus whitening are included, with the scope and individual arrangements confirmed in your written proposal\.

 

At\-home and in\-office whitening options address a separate colour goal\. The method and suitability are decided individually\.

 

Your orthodontist connects these options with your assessment and priorities\. The team confirms services, fees and individual arrangements in your written proposal\.

 

## About the explanation

Home explains the upper tooth\-edge and lower\-lip references together, then shows how to read an example that describes only the upper curve\. The example teaches the relationship without grading a smile or supplying a patient finding\.

Seixas and Câmara's 2021 review and synthesis draws on earlier publications and clinical perception\. It supplies the concept used here, not original treatment\-effect evidence, a systematic\-review method or a current clinical standard\. The full source and adaptation credit follows below\.

 

SMILE\-FX® is the practice mark\. Invisalign®, OrthoFX® and AirFlex™ are marks of their respective owners\.

An optional next conversation

## Discuss your own orthodontic question

At SMILE\-FX®, board\-certified orthodontists see every patient, including follow\-ups\. The one Miramar studio offers full\-service digital orthodontics with a clear\-aligner focus\. Your clinician explains individual findings, intended goals and care arrangements within that continuing responsibility\.

[Read the complete care model and its individual scope](</about-this-guide#care-model>) \.

[Request a free in\-person orthodontic consultation](<https://www.smile-fx.com/lp/free-consult/?utm_source=smile-arc-orthodontic-guide&utm_medium=microsite&utm_campaign=smile-fx-guides>)

11225 Miramar Pkwy, STE B285, Miramar, FL 33025 [\(954\) 824\-9707](<tel:+19548249707>)  · [Visit details](</visit>)

This is a new orthodontic conversation\. A request is not a confirmed appointment, assessment or case acceptance\. The practice confirms individual scope, fees and arrangements; no scan, records, tests, referral, appliance or result is promised\.

Already receiving care? Use your responsible treating team's supplied contact route and instructions\. A new consultation request is separate from current\-care help\.

Consultation page: www\.smile\-fx\.com/lp/free\-consult/

## Source, context and changes

Adapted from Máyra Reis Seixas and Carlos Alexandre Câmara, The smile arc: review and synthesis , Dental Press Journal of Orthodontics  2021;26\(3\):e21spe3\. Published 30 June 2021\. [Original article and DOI 10\.1590/2177\-6709\.26\.3\.e21spe3](<https://doi.org/10.1590/2177-6709.26.3.e21spe3>)  · [Creative Commons Attribution 4\.0 International](<https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/>) \.

SMILE\-FX® simplified and reorganized selected author narrative and added the original text\-led educational interpretation\. The example is not a patient case or an achieved result\. No source figures, tables, captions, case material, numeric norms, procedural instructions or underlying cited\-work expression are reproduced\.

This dated review and synthesis draws on prior publications and clinical perception; it does not provide original treatment\-effect evidence or a current clinical standard\. Reference does not imply endorsement\. The [applicable licence terms and warranty disclaimers](<https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode.en>)  remain\. The licence covers adapted article narrative separately from practice marks and unrelated content\.

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