Can Invisalign Treat An Open Bite?

Whites Dental Waterloo

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Whites Dental Marble Arch (W2)

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An open bite can affect more than just your smile—it can impact your speech, chewing function, and even confidence. If your front teeth aren’t touching when your mouth is closed, you likely have an open bite condition. Fortunately, Invisalign braces often offer a effective and discreet option to treat the condition.

At Whites Dental, with clinics in both Waterloo SE1 and Marble Arch W2, we specialise in treating open bites using the latest Invisalign aligner technology at our London clinics. In this comprehensive guide, we’ll explain how Invisalign works to correct open bites, who’s suitable, and how our two convenient London locations can help you achieve the smile you deserve.

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What Is An Open Bite?

An open bite is a type of malocclusion (bad bite) where the upper and lower teeth don’t meet when the mouth is closed. This condition can occur in the front teeth (anterior open bite) or in the back teeth (posterior open bite).

Causes of an open bite:

  • Tongue thrusting
  • Thumb sucking (especially in childhood)
  • Skeletal growth discrepancies
  • Genetics
  • Prolonged pacifier use

Why Should You Treat An Open Bite?

Treating an open bite is important not just for cosmetic reasons but also for your overall oral health and function. An open bite occurs when the upper and lower teeth don’t meet properly when the mouth is closed, which can make it difficult to bite, chew and speak clearly. Over time, this misalignment can place extra stress on the jaw and surrounding muscles, potentially leading to jaw pain, temporomandibular joint (TMJ) issues, and headaches.

An untreated open bite can also cause uneven tooth wear and increase the risk of dental problems such as enamel erosion or tooth sensitivity. From a functional perspective, closing the open bite allows your teeth to distribute pressure evenly during chewing, improving comfort and efficiency when eating.

Aesthetically, correcting an open bite can greatly enhance your facial harmony and smile appearance. Many patients notice that their lips close more naturally and their facial profile becomes more balanced after treatment. Using Invisalign clear aligners, you can correct an open bite discreetly and comfortably without traditional braces.

To summarise, ignoring an open bite can lead to several functional and cosmetic issues, including:

Speech problems – Lisping or unclear pronunciation
Chewing difficulties – Food may be hard to bite or chew properly
Tooth wear – Uneven pressure can cause long-term damage
Pain in the jaw – Misalignment can in many cases lead to a condition called TMJ
Lowered confidence – An open bite can make patients self-conscious

How Invisalign Can Treat An Open Bite

Invisalign uses a series of clear, removable aligners to gently and precisely move your teeth into the ideal position. With the help of the latest advances in braces technology and advanced digital planning and printing, Invisalign aligners are able to:

  • Move the front teeth down (extrusion)
  • Reposition your back teeth so as to allow your front teeth to close properly
  • Train the tongue to sit in the correct position

Invisalign treatment features for an open bite:

FeatureBenefit
3D Treatment PlanningFully customised movements via iTero scans
Precision AttachmentsTooth-coloured grips help guide specific shifts
Elastics (if needed)Can support jaw alignment in complex cases

Invisalign For Open Bite In London – Two Central Locations

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We treat patients across London, with easy access to Waterloo SE1 and Marble Arch W2.

Whites Dental Waterloo

📍 172 Blackfriars Rd, London SE1 8ER
📞 020 8616 0590
Near: Waterloo, Southbank, London Bridge, Borough
Early & late appointments available

Whites Dental Marble Arch (W2)

📍 52B Kendal St, St George’s Fields, London W2 2BP
📞 020 3576 2325
Near: Paddington, Hyde Park, Mayfair, Edgware Road
Perfect for working professionals in Central London

💡 Booking a free Invisalign consultation at either clinic – let us assess your bite and offer a tailored Invisalign treatment plan.

Who’s A Good Candidate For Invisalign?

A good candidate for Invisalign is someone who wants to straighten their teeth discreetly without the hassle of traditional metal braces. Invisalign is ideal for individuals with mild to moderate alignment issues, including crooked teeth, gaps, overbites, underbites, crossbites, and open bites. Adults and teenagers who can commit to wearing their aligners for 20–22 hours per day are typically excellent candidates, as consistent wear is essential for achieving predictable results.

Invisalign is also a great choice for people who value comfort and aesthetics — the aligners are virtually invisible, smooth, and removable, allowing you to eat, brush, and floss with ease. If you have a busy lifestyle or a public-facing job, Invisalign offers a subtle, convenient way to improve your smile without affecting your daily routine.

However, Invisalign may not be suitable for patients with severe bite or jaw alignment issues or those who struggle to wear their aligners consistently. During your consultation at Whites Dental in Waterloo (SE1) or Marble Arch (W2), our experienced Invisalign dentists will assess your teeth using 3D digital scans to determine if you’re a good fit. If you are, you’ll receive a personalised treatment plan designed to deliver a beautifully aligned, confident smile.

To summarise, you may be eligible for Invisalign treatment if you:

  • Have a mild to moderate open bite
  • Can commit to wearing aligners 20–22 hours/day
  • Maintain good oral hygiene
  • Can attend reviews every 6–8 weeks

💡 For severe skeletal open bites, Invisalign may need to be combined with jaw surgery. Our team will give you honest advice during your consultation.

How Long Does Invisalign Take To Fix An Open Bite?

The time it takes for Invisalign to fix an open bite depends on the severity of the condition and how well you follow your treatment plan. On average, mild to moderate open bites can be corrected in 12 to 24 months, while more complex cases may take slightly longer. Invisalign works by using a series of custom-made clear aligners that apply gentle, consistent pressure to reposition both the teeth and, in some cases, the jaw.

Invisalign’s advanced technology can close gaps between the upper and lower teeth, helping them meet naturally for improved function and aesthetics. By the end of treatment, you’ll enjoy a balanced bite, easier chewing, and a more confident smile. Regular check-ups with your Invisalign provider at Whites Dental in Waterloo or Marble Arch, London, will keep your progress on track.

The treatment duration to fix an open bite can vary depending on case complexity and circumstances unique to each case. Generally:

Severity LevelEstimated Duration
Mild open bite6–9 months
Moderate open bite12–18 months
Complex open bite18–24+ months

💡 At Whites Dental, we use iTero scanners to track your progress in real-time and adjust your plan if needed.

Cost Of Invisalign For Open Bite In London

The cost of Invisalign aligners for treating an open bite depends on the length of the treatment and complexity of the case. On average:

£3,500 – £5,000 for correcting an open bite with Invisalign aligners

Finance options:

  • 0% interest for up to 12 months
  • Pay-as-you-go monthly options
  • Transparent pricing with no hidden costs

Why Choose Whites Dental For Invisalign In London?

FeatureWhy It Matters
Invisalign ExpertiseExperienced with complex bite corrections
Advanced TechiTero scanning, digital tracking, 3D simulations
2 Prime LocationsWaterloo SE1 & Marble Arch W2
Affordable Finance0% options to make Invisalign more accessible
Experienced TeamLed by skilled cosmetic & orthodontic dentists

💡 You can even preview your new smile at your consultation using our Smile Simulation tool.

Invisalign Patient Testimonial

“I had an anterior open bite that always made me feel self-conscious. The team at Whites Dental explained every step and made Invisalign easy to stick with. I couldn’t be happier with the results!”
— Emily T., Waterloo

FAQs About Invisalign & Open Bite

1. Can Invisalign aligners correct an open bite condition without the need for surgery?
Yes, many cases can be treated non-surgically using Invisalign, especially if caught early.

2. Is Invisalign effective for adult open bite treatment?
Absolutely. Invisalign is suitable for both teens and adults, including late treatment options.

3. Will aligners make my bite worse before it gets better?
Slight discomfort or bite changes are common initially but part of the controlled movement process.

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Ready To Fix Your Open Bite With Invisalign?

At Whites Dental, we offer custom Invisalign treatment plans for patients with open bites across London. Whether you live near Waterloo SE1 or Marble Arch W2, our experienced team is ready to help you take the first step toward a functional, confident smile.

📞 Book your FREE Invisalign consultation today at one of our London clinics.

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Whites Dental (“we”, “us” or “our”) are committed to protecting and respecting your privacy.

The practice respects your privacy and is committed to protecting your personal data. This Privacy Policy sets out how we will do this, taking into account data protection laws as well as our professional guidelines and requirements.

The data controller is Whites Dental; the Information Governance Lead is Deepa Chopra.

This Privacy Policy is available on the practice website at www.whitesdental.co.uk/privacy-policy, by email if you contact [email protected] or by calling the practice on 0204 527 3210.

This policy (together with our Cookies Policy) sets out the basis on which any personal data we collect, or that you provide to us, will be processed by us. It does not include data where the identity has been removed (i.e. anonymous data).

Please read the following carefully to understand our views and practices regarding your personal data and how we will treat it.

You will be asked to provide personal information when joining the practice. The purpose of us processing this data is to provide optimum health care to you by, for example, recommending the most relevant treatment and ensuring your safety by taking your medical history.

The categories of data we process

  • Contact data (such as name, address, email address, telephone number) for the purposes of corresponding with you, for example, regarding your appointments and treatment.
  • Contact data (such as name, address, email address, telephone number) for the purposes of direct mail/email/text/marketing.
  • Special category data concerning health (including health records, medical history, medication, your doctor’s name and address, warning cards or bracelets, alcohol and drug use) for the purposes of the delivery of safe health care.
  • Treatment data (such as photos, moulds, X-rays, clinical findings) for the purposes of providing you with the best treatment.
  • Financial data (such as credit card details, bank account information, credit history, employment status) for the purposes of processing your payment for treatment(s).
  • Usage data (such as information about how you use our website, products and services) for the purposes of improving the way we provide our treatment and services.

The ways we collect information about you

We may collect and process the following data about you in operating the website and performing any of our services and treatment(s):

Direct
  • Information you give us (including information you give to our Clinical Lead, Specialists, Dentists, Hygienists and Orthodontic Therapists who are contracted to work for us). You may give us information about you by filling in forms on our website www.whitesdental.co.uk or by corresponding with us by phone, email, in person or otherwise.
  • Personal data is obtained when a patient joins the practice, when a patient is referred to the practice and when a patient subscribes to an email list.
Automatic
  • Information we automatically collect about you. With regard to each of your visits to our website we may automatically collect the following information:
  • Technical information, including the internet protocol (IP) address used to connect your computer to the internet, your login information, browser type and version, time zone setting, browser plugin types and versions, operating system and platform; and
  • Information about your visit, including the full Uniform Resource Locators (URL) clickstream to, through and from our site (including date and time); products you viewed or searched for; page response times, download errors, length of visits to certain pages, page interaction information (such as scrolling, clicks, and mouseovers), and methods used to browse away from the page and any phone number used to call our customer service number.
From third parties
  • Our Clinical Lead, Specialists, Dentists, Hygienists and Orthodontic Therapists are third parties working for us as contractors, however, they are contractually bound to us with regard to obligations of confidentiality in the same way as our employees and by professional obligations of confidentiality.
  • You may have been referred to us for treatment from Invisalign and we will therefore receive contact data, special category data concerning health, treatment data and/or financial data from them.
  • Information we receive from other sources. We may receive information about you if you use any of the other websites we operate or the other services we provide.
  • We are also working closely with third parties (including, for example, business partners, subcontractors in technical, payment and delivery services, advertising networks, analytics providers, search information providers, credit reference agencies) and may receive information about you from them.
  • We use third-party analytics services (such as Google Analytics) to evaluate your use of the website, compile reports on activity, collect demographic data, analyze performance metrics, and collect and evaluate other information relating to our website and internet usage. These third parties use cookies and other technologies to help analyse and provide us with data.

How we share data with third parties

We may share your Contact data, special category of data relating to health, Financial data, Treatment data and/or Usage data with selected third parties including:

  • Our Clinical Lead, Specialists, Dentists, Hygienists and Orthodontic Therapists.
  • Private health insurance companies (at your request if you are using private health insurance).
  • Credit reference agencies.
  • Equipment providers and laboratories such as Align Tech, Nimrodental, and Ashford Orthodontics.
  • Professional compliance organisations such as BDA.
  • Data storage and transfer platforms such as Microsoft Sharepoint and Dropbox.
  • Our payment platform Natwest.
  • Our practice management and CRM software providers Pearl.
  • Our live chat provider Quriobot.
  • Advertisers and advertising networks that require the data to select and serve relevant adverts to you and others such as Facebook.
  • Analytics and search engine providers that assist us in the improvement and optimisation of our site such as Google.

This is a list of the main third parties with whom we share your personal data. If you would like a full list of third parties who process your data, and their contact details, please contact us using the details set out above.

We never pass your personal details to a third party unless we have a contract for them to process data on our behalf and will otherwise keep it confidential.

If we intend to refer a patient to another practitioner or to secondary care such as a hospital we will gain your consent before the referral is made and the personal data is shared.

The website may include links to third party websites, plugins and applications. Clicking on those links or enabling those connections may allow third parties to collect or share data about you. We do not control these third party websites and are not responsible for their privacy statements. When you leave our website, we encourage you to read the privacy notice of every website you visit.

Data transferred outside the EU

  • Personal data is stored in the EU whether in digital or hard copy format.
  • Personal data is stored in the US in digital format when the data storage company is certified with the EU-US Privacy Shield.

Lawful basis for processing personal data

The lawful bases for processing personal data (including providing your personal data to third parties) are:

  • Consent of the data subject for data relating to treatment, care, our services, processing payment, credit checks, marketing and reviews, improving our services and improving our website (including using data analytics). This will also apply to the storage of personal data for these purposes.
  • Processing is necessary for the performance of a contract with the data subject or to take steps to enter into a contract such as the provision of the services by us.
  • Processing is necessary to comply with a legal obligation such as financial, tax and contractual laws.

For consent relating to children and people who may not have mental capacity to give consent, please contact us using the details above for a copy of our Safeguarding and Mental Capacity policies.

The reason for processing special category data such as patients’ health data is:

  • The processing is necessary for the purposes of preventative or occupational medicine, for assessing the working capacity of the employee, medical diagnosis, the provision of health or social care or treatment or management of health or social care systems and services on the basis of Union or Member State law or a contract with a health professional; and
  • Data is processed by or under the responsibility of a professional subject to the obligation of professional secrecy under Union or Member State law or rules established by national competent bodies or by another person also subject to an obligation of secrecy under Union or Member State law or rules established by national competent bodies.

Purposes for processing personal data

We (and the third parties listed above) process your personal data for the following purposes:

  • To provide you with our services.
  • To discuss relevant treatments.
  • To provide a safe working environment for staff, contractors and patients.
  • To check your employment and financial status for payment plans.
  • To process payments.
  • To keep you informed of our latest offers, other services we provide and general marketing activities.
  • To obtain reviews and feedback on your experience of our services.
  • To store our data.

If you would like more information about how your data is processed please contact us by using the details set out above.

Data retention

The retention period for special category data in patient records is a minimum of 10 years and may be longer for complex records in order to meet our legal requirements. The retention periods for other personal data is two years after it was last processed.

You will receive marketing emails until you unsubscribe, either by contacting us or by clicking on the unsubscribe link at the bottom of the email. For details of other retention periods please contact us using the details set out above.

Your personal data rights

You have the following personal data rights:

  • The right to be informed.
  • The right of access to your personal data, which enables you to receive a copy of the personal data we hold about you and to check that we are lawfully processing it.
  • The right to rectification of your personal data that you consider to be inaccurate. This enables you to have any incomplete or inaccurate data we hold about you corrected.
  • The right to erasure. This enables you to ask us to delete or remove your personal data (however clinical records must be retained for a certain time period).
  • The right to restrict processing. This gives you the option to ask us to suspend the processing of your personal data e.g. if you want us to establish the data’s accuracy or you do not want us to erase it.
  • The right to data portability. If you request us to do so, we will provide to you, or a third party of your choice, your personal data in a commonly used, machine-readable format.
  • The right to object. This enables you to object to the processing of your personal data if you feel it impacts on your fundamental rights and freedoms, however, in some cases, we may have compelling legitimate grounds to process your information which can override your right to object.
  • The right to request confirmation as to whether or not your personal data is being processed.
  • The right to not have a decision made about you based solely on automated processing.

You have the right to withdraw consent at any time. If you request us to do so, we will no longer process your data. However, this will not affect the lawfulness of any processing carried out before you withdraw your consent. If you withdraw your consent, we will not be able to provide you with the services. You have the right to obtain a free copy of your patient records within one month of submitting a request.

If you are not a patient of the practice you have the right to withdraw consent for processing personal data, to have a free copy of it within one month of submitting a request, to correct errors in it or to ask us to delete it. You can also withdraw consent from communication methods such as telephone, email or text.

We have carried out a Privacy Impact Assessment and if you would like a copy please contact us using the details set out above.

If you wish to exercise any of the rights set out above, in the first instance, please contact us using the details set out above.

You will not have to pay a fee to access your personal data (or to exercise any of the other rights). However, we may charge a reasonable fee if your request is clearly unfounded, repetitive or excessive. Alternatively, we may refuse to comply with your request in these circumstances.

We may need to request specific information from you to help us confirm your identity and ensure your right to access your personal data (or to exercise any of your other rights). This is a security measure to ensure that personal data is not disclosed to any person who has no right to receive it. We may also contact you to ask you for further information in relation to your request to speed up our response.

Further details of these rights can be obtained on the Information Commissioner’s website.

Data security

We have put in place appropriate security measures to prevent your personal data from being lost, used or accessed in an unauthorised way, altered or disclosed. In addition, we limit access to your personal data to those employees, agents, contractors and other third parties who have a business need to know. They will only process your personal data on our instructions and they are subject to a duty of confidentiality.

We have put in place procedures to deal with any suspected personal data breach and will notify you and any applicable regulator of a breach where we are legally required to do so.

Unfortunately, the transmission of information via the internet is not completely secure. Although we will do our best to protect your personal data, we cannot guarantee the security of your data transmitted through our website; any transmission is at your own risk. Once we have received your information, we will use strict procedures and security features to try to prevent unauthorised access.

Comments, suggestions and complaints

Please contact the practice for a comment, suggestion or a complaint about your data processing at [email protected], or 0204 527 3210 or by writing to or visiting the practice. We take complaints very seriously.

If you are unhappy with our response or if you need any advice you should contact the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO). Their telephone number is 0303 123 1113, you can also find other contact options here. The ICO can investigate your claim and take action against anyone who’s misused personal data. You can also visit their website for information on how to make a data protection complaint.

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We offer individuals real choice and control. Our consent procedures put individuals in charge to build customer trust and engagement.

Our consent for marketing requires a positive opt-in, we don’t use pre-ticked boxes or any other method of default consent. We make it easy for people to withdraw consent, tell you how to and keep contemporaneous evidence of consent. Consent to marketing is never a precondition of a service.

You will receive marketing communications from us if you have requested information from us or if you have signed up via our contact form on the website and, in each case, you have not opted out of receiving that marketing.

Marketing by third parties

We do not share your data with third parties for marketing purposes.

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