About Invisalign
We offer Invisalign clear aligners at both practice locations. In Davenport, learn about Invisalign in Davenport, including Invisalign for kids, Invisalign for teens, and Invisalign for adults. In Kissimmee, learn about Invisalign in Kissimmee, including Invisalign for kids, Invisalign for teens, and Invisalign for adults.
Invisalign uses a series of clear, custom-fitted aligners to gradually shift your teeth into place — no brackets, no wires, nothing you can’t take out yourself. Each set of aligners is built from your iTero digital scan, so your entire treatment plan is mapped out from the start based on your actual teeth, not a general estimate. You’ll switch to a new set every one to two weeks, with each one making a small, precise adjustment, until you’ve worked through the full series and landed on your final result.
Because the aligners are removable, you eat and brush normally — no food restrictions, no extra flossing gymnastics around wires. Most patients wear them for 20 to 22 hours a day, taking them out only to eat, drink anything other than water, and brush. For the right case, Invisalign gets you a straighter smile with almost none of the day-to-day disruption that traditional braces can bring.
Invisalign isn’t the right fit for every case — some more complex bite corrections still call for traditional braces — but for a large share of our patients, it’s a genuinely comparable path to the same result, just with more flexibility along the way. At your consultation, Dr. Shannon or Dr. Larsen will tell you honestly whether your case is a strong match, not just sell you on what’s popular.
Invisalign For Kids
Invisalign isn’t only for teens and adults — there’s a kids’ version built specifically for growing mouths that still have a mix of baby and permanent teeth. Invisalign First uses the same clear, removable aligner system, but it’s designed to guide jaw growth and create room for incoming permanent teeth, addressing issues like crowding, spacing, and certain bite problems while your child’s mouth is still developing.
For the right younger patient, the removable design is actually a big advantage: there are no brackets to worry about at recess, no wires to catch on a retainer or a rough day, and nothing that changes how your child eats, brushes, or plays. That said, this option depends heavily on a child being responsible enough to wear the aligners as directed — since they’re removable, a child who skips wear time simply won’t get the results a compliant patient would. Part of our job at your child’s evaluation is being honest with you about whether Invisalign First is a good behavioral fit for your specific kid, not just a good fit for their teeth.
We introduce Invisalign to younger patients the same way we introduce everything else here — in plain language, with a demonstration, and with plenty of room for questions, so your child understands what’s expected of them and feels like a partner in their own treatment rather than someone it’s happening to.
Invisalign For Teens
Invisalign for Teens is one of our most requested options, and it’s easy to see why: no visible metal, no food restrictions before a big event, and no one at school even needs to know treatment is happening unless your teen wants them to. The trays are virtually invisible, they come out for photos, games, and instruments, and they don’t come with the social self-consciousness that can sometimes come with a mouth full of braces.
That flexibility comes with a responsibility, though, and we’re direct with teen patients about that from day one. Invisalign only works if the aligners are actually worn for 20 to 22 hours a day — not just when it’s convenient. We build in features like compliance indicators that fade with wear, so both your teen and our team can tell whether aligners are being worn as directed, and we talk to your teen directly about ownership over their own results rather than routing everything through a parent.
For teens juggling sports, band, and a full schedule, the ability to remove aligners for a game or a performance and pop them right back in afterward tends to make treatment feel like it fits into their life, instead of the other way around — which, paired with our same-day scheduling approach, means less disruption to an already busy year.
Invisalign For Adults
A growing number of our adult patients choose Invisalign specifically because it doesn’t interrupt a professional or personal life that’s already full. The aligners are nearly invisible in meetings, on video calls, and in everyday conversation, and because they’re removable, there’s no adjustment period around eating the foods you already enjoy or maintaining the oral hygiene routine you already have.
Many of our adult Invisalign patients are addressing something that’s bothered them for years — teeth that shifted after braces in their teenage years, spacing that’s slowly changed with age, or a bite that’s started to feel uncomfortable rather than just look imperfect. Because Dr. Shannon’s background is in physical therapy, bite function is never treated as separate from alignment for adult cases; if clenching, jaw tension, or bite strain is part of your story, that gets factored into your plan, not just the cosmetic outcome.
We also know most adults aren’t looking to rearrange their whole life around a treatment plan, so we run Invisalign the same efficient way we run everything else: a scan-based plan built from your first visit, a clear number of trays and clear timeline up front, and check-ins that respect the fact that you have a job and a calendar that doesn’t have room to spare.
