{"id":2143,"date":"2024-02-29T11:20:00","date_gmt":"2024-02-29T11:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.brightsidedental.co.uk\/blog\/?p=2143"},"modified":"2024-04-23T08:01:37","modified_gmt":"2024-04-23T07:01:37","slug":"smile-of-the-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.brightsidedental.co.uk\/blog\/smile-of-the-month\/","title":{"rendered":"Smile of the Month"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>This month\u2019s Smile of the Month is dear to my heart, as it focuses on a patient we\u2019ve been serving for almost her whole life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While Samara\u2019s oral health was excellent, she\u2019d grown increasingly unhappy with her smile, with crooked front teeth being the biggest cause of that unhappiness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Samara came to see me to discuss potential treatment options, and we agreed that the best course of action was to carry out teeth straightening with Invisalign clear aligners.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Invisalign is the most popular teeth straightening choice for our patients and for good reason \u2013 the results it can give really are fantastic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.brightsidedental.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/65decc87171bbc8c2fad7dca-1024x683.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2144\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.brightsidedental.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/65decc87171bbc8c2fad7dca-1024x683.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.brightsidedental.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/65decc87171bbc8c2fad7dca-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.brightsidedental.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/65decc87171bbc8c2fad7dca-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.brightsidedental.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/65decc87171bbc8c2fad7dca-1536x1024.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/www.brightsidedental.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/65decc87171bbc8c2fad7dca-2048x1365.jpeg 2048w, 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https:\/\/www.brightsidedental.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/65decc877b760f73bdb47b89-2048x1149.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/www.brightsidedental.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/65decc877b760f73bdb47b89-624x350.jpeg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Samara had a busy year coming up, with A-Levels on the horizon, so we did our best to ensure the best result for the least amount of clinic time \u2013 only five appointments were needed at the practice, with all the rest of the treatment progress being monitored remotely.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As a model patient, Samara was very compliant when it came to wearing her aligners, which meant that in only six months, the treatment was complete.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Not only does she now have a smile she can feel totally confident in, now that her teeth are straight, they\u2019re protected from unwanted damage and wear for the long-term.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.brightsidedental.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/65decc877b760f68ffb47b8b-1024x683.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2146\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.brightsidedental.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/65decc877b760f68ffb47b8b-1024x683.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.brightsidedental.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/65decc877b760f68ffb47b8b-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.brightsidedental.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/65decc877b760f68ffb47b8b-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.brightsidedental.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/65decc877b760f68ffb47b8b-1536x1024.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/www.brightsidedental.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/65decc877b760f68ffb47b8b-2048x1365.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/www.brightsidedental.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/65decc877b760f68ffb47b8b-624x416.jpeg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.brightsidedental.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/65decc877b760ffb6bb47b8a-1024x683.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2147\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.brightsidedental.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/65decc877b760ffb6bb47b8a-1024x683.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.brightsidedental.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/65decc877b760ffb6bb47b8a-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.brightsidedental.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/65decc877b760ffb6bb47b8a-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.brightsidedental.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/65decc877b760ffb6bb47b8a-1536x1024.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/www.brightsidedental.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/65decc877b760ffb6bb47b8a-2048x1365.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/www.brightsidedental.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/65decc877b760ffb6bb47b8a-624x416.jpeg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Here\u2019s what Samara had to say about her experience:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"411\" src=\"https:\/\/www.brightsidedental.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/65dece31dcc9fb0e222f993e-1024x411.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2148\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.brightsidedental.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/65dece31dcc9fb0e222f993e-1024x411.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.brightsidedental.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/65dece31dcc9fb0e222f993e-300x120.png 300w, https:\/\/www.brightsidedental.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/65dece31dcc9fb0e222f993e-768x308.png 768w, https:\/\/www.brightsidedental.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/65dece31dcc9fb0e222f993e-624x250.png 624w, https:\/\/www.brightsidedental.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/65dece31dcc9fb0e222f993e.png 1292w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Another happy patient!&nbsp; If you\u2019re unhappy with your smile, or you\u2019d like to take steps to protect your teeth from avoidable long-term wear, hit reply and we\u2019ll be happy to chat through some options with you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ketan<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This month\u2019s Smile of the Month is dear to my heart, as it focuses on a patient we\u2019ve been serving for almost her whole life. While Samara\u2019s oral health was excellent, she\u2019d grown increasingly unhappy with her smile, with crooked front teeth being the biggest cause of that unhappiness. Samara came to see me to &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.brightsidedental.co.uk\/blog\/smile-of-the-month\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Smile of the Month<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2146,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2143","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brightsidedental.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2143","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brightsidedental.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brightsidedental.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brightsidedental.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brightsidedental.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2143"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.brightsidedental.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2143\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brightsidedental.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2146"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brightsidedental.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2143"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brightsidedental.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2143"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brightsidedental.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2143"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}