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    Lifetime Dental & Fastbraces

    4.2 (26 reviews)
    Closed 8:00 am - 6:00 pm
    Updated 2 weeks ago

    Services - Lifetime Dental & Fastbraces

    Cavity treatment

    Crown cleaning

    Dental exams

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    I opted for a fun rainbow design on my Fastbraces one visit. So glad Fastbraces helped my TMJ pain!
    Allison D.

    Despite my daughter excitedly telling complete strangers, "MY MOM HAS BRACES!," I've not really advertised the fact I was indeed a 40-year-old in braces. While I wasn't thrilled to have to go through the braces again, I sure was happy to discover functional dentistry was a thing and that it has the power to eradicate TMJ pain. A few years ago, I started having major pain in what I thought was my ear area. After several trips to docs, certain I had bad double ear infections, I was told I had TMJ. I'd heard of that but didn't really understand what it was. It sounded like the common treatments were Botox shots or wearing invasive mouth guards, neither of which appealed to me. I was pumped to find out my dentist, Dr. Afzali of Lifetime Dental & Fastbraces was actually a functional dentist who did orthodontic care through something called Fastbraces. Like the name indicates, your treatment is much faster than a standard course of braces, like I had at a far too young age, when I was about 10 and not done growing yet. Hence my teeth moved a lot after those braces and my bite wasn't right, leading to TMJ pain. Dr. Afzali showed me results from TMJ patients who tried Fastbraces and I took the plunge in December of 2022. By January of this year, about a month after starting treatment, I could not believe my TMJ was completely gone. No more giant ball of swelling at my mandibular joint. No more crazy pain in my ear. No more clenching my teeth at night. I could not believe the results but I was living them so I knew it was actually happening! I had fun getting pink and purple bracket rubber bands to amuse my daughter and I definitely got rainbow "gay-ces" for PRIDE month before I got my braces removed! The staff answered all my questions throughout the process so patiently and treated me like family. I'm so happy with the results! This process was never for a cosmetic goal but it really feels good to be pain free in my jaws AND have a confident smile again.

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    6 months ago

    Great service and all the staff is super nice. The location is great not too much traffic and the office is super clean.

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    3 months ago

    They don't open Fridays (according to an office desk clerk), but it says they are open online. Somebody's lying.

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    6 months ago

    first visit in a long time and the staff made me feel comfortable an safe. very professional and friendly. glad I came here

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    1 year ago

    Paid about 10k for braces and it didnt fix my tmj only got straight teeth when i couldve paid 2k somewhere else for straight teeth

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    4 years ago

    Ellie made our visit a pleasant experience. Another great thing is there wasn't a long wait time.

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    The staff is extremely helpful and accommodating. And they offer quite a few payment plans which is really helpful.

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