Straighter teeth, start to finish, right here in Yellowknife.
Full Invisalign treatment at Great Slave Dental — consult, scan, aligners and retainers, all downtown on 48th Street.
Invisalign in Yellowknife, start to finish.
For a long time, getting clear aligners in the NWT often meant trips to Edmonton — consults, scans, check-ins, and the flights and hotels that went with them. Great Slave Dental is an Invisalign Preferred Provider, and for most cases the whole course of treatment happens right here on 48th Street: first scan through to your last retainer fitting, without leaving Yellowknife.
Five steps. One location.
Free consultation + iTero 3D scan
Dr. Armstrong scans your teeth with our iTero Element scanner — no goopy impressions. You'll see a 3D simulation of your projected Invisalign outcome on screen before you leave.
Custom treatment plan
Using Invisalign's ClinCheck software, we map every tooth movement from start to finish. You'll see the planned outcome before you commit to anything.
Get your aligners
Custom-made from Invisalign's SmartTrack material. You switch to a new set every one to two weeks as your teeth gradually shift.
Virtual check-ins from your phone
Take photos at home using Dental Monitoring. The app checks your aligner tracking and flags it to us. If you're on track, you just advance to the next set.
Final result + retainer
Once your teeth are where they should be, we fit you with custom Vivera retainers — made from the same scan and the same process as your aligners.
Why do Invisalign here?
For a lot of people the alternative has been flying south. It doesn't have to be. Dr. Armstrong is an Invisalign Preferred Provider and treats aligner cases here week in, week out — so the consult, the scan, the fittings and the retainers all happen on 48th Street.
Book a free consultationEverything stays local
Consult, scan, fittings, adjustments, retainers — all on 48th Street. For most cases that means no flights and no hotels. If your bite needs a specialist, Dr. Armstrong will tell you at the consult.
Fewer office visits
Virtual check-ins mean fewer trips into the clinic than traditional aligner treatment. Good if you work at the mines or travel for government.
Preferred Provider
Invisalign awards provider status on completed case volume. Dr. Armstrong holds Preferred Provider status, which means aligner cases are routine here rather than occasional.
iTero digital scanning
No goopy impressions. A handheld wand photographs your teeth and builds a 3D model on screen in minutes.
Direct insurance billing
We bill your insurer directly and run a predetermination before you commit, so you go in with your insurer's own written estimate rather than a guess.
Check-ins from your couch.
Between office visits, you take photos of your teeth at home using Dental Monitoring — the platform we use for remote aligner check-ins. The system checks whether your aligners are tracking correctly and flags the result to our team.
If everything looks good, you advance to your next set. If something's off, our team gets flagged immediately and we'll reach out. No waiting weeks for a scheduled appointment to find out something isn't fitting right.
For most patients that means noticeably fewer hands-on check-ups than traditional orthodontic treatment, which typically wants you in every two to three weeks. Helpful if you live outside Yellowknife, work a rotation schedule, or just don't want to spend more time in a dental chair than you need to.
Open Dental Monitoring
Snap photos of your teeth from home with your phone. We give you the cheek retractor and phone holder the app needs.
AI reviews your tracking
The system checks whether your aligners are fitting and moving teeth as planned.
We get back to you
On track? Move to the next aligner. Something off? We'll call you in.
Living with aligners.
Timeline
Most treatments run 6 to 18 months depending on complexity. Mild spacing cases can finish in as little as 6 months. Full-mouth treatment is usually 12 to 18.
Wear time
20 to 22 hours a day. Basically all the time except meals and brushing. The more consistently you wear them, the better and faster the results.
Eating and drinking
Remove your aligners to eat and drink anything other than water. No food restrictions — eat whatever you want. Just brush before putting them back in.
Cleaning
Rinse your aligners when you take them out. Brush them gently with a soft toothbrush. Brush and floss your teeth after meals before putting aligners back in.
Attachments
Small tooth-coloured shapes bonded to some teeth that give the aligners something to grip. Not everyone needs them. They come off when treatment is done.
Retainers
After treatment, you'll wear retainers to keep teeth in place — nightly at first, then a few nights a week. Teeth drift back if you stop. Retainers do eventually wear, crack or get lost, and we can make replacements when that happens.
Common questions about Invisalign.
See what it would look like for you.
The consultation is free and takes about an hour. Dr. Armstrong scans your teeth and shows you the projected movement on screen, so you can decide with something concrete in front of you rather than somebody else’s photos.
Book a free Invisalign consultation
Ready when you are.
Book online any time, or call reception and we’ll find you a slot. In pain? Say so when you call and we’ll get you seen as soon as we can.