Mount Dora, Florida

Invisalign in Mount Dora, FL

Most people looking into Invisalign in Mount Dora have already decided they want clear aligners. What is still open is whether your case is suited to them and what it will cost.

Both get answered at your first visit, and that visit is free. Dr. Robert Ogden is an orthodontic specialist and the only doctor treating patients at our Mount Dora office on North Donnelly Street. He reviews your scan and sets the plan himself, and he is the one you see at every appointment after that.

Invisalign Touch-Up is $2,495 and Invisalign Comprehensive is $4,895.

Orthodontic specialist, not a general dentist
Practicing in Lake County since 1994
Pricing published, not quoted in the chair 0% in-house financing

What Invisalign in Mount Dora actually looks like

Aligner treatment takes up less of your life than most people expect.

You leave work in Tavares a little before five and Donnelly Street is a straight run up US-441. The visit is short. Someone confirms your teeth are tracking where the plan says they should be, hands you the next few sets, and you are back out. You do that a handful of times across the year.

In between, the aligners are in and most people do not notice them. You take them out for lunch and put them back in. You take them out to brush. There are no brackets to come loose the night before a family photo, and no stretch of months where you avoid smiling in pictures.

Then the active treatment ends, you move into a retainer, and the thing you had been meaning to deal with for years is dealt with. You are not thinking about your teeth anymore. That is the actual point.

Ogden Orthodontics team member taking intraoral photographs of a new Invisalign patient at the Mount Dora office

Three steps from here

Every case follows the same path.

Step one

Your consultation

Dr. Ogden examines your teeth and your bite and tells you whether aligners will do the job. You leave with a recommendation and a written price. No charge, no obligation.

Step two

Your scan and your plan

A digital scanner builds a 3D model of your teeth right here in the office. Dr. Ogden maps the movements and the timeline, and you see a projection of the result before treatment begins.

Step three

Your aligners

They arrive a few weeks later and you change sets on the schedule Dr. Ogden sets. Wear them twenty to twenty two hours a day. Come in for a progress check now and then. Finish.

Depending on the movements your case needs, Dr. Ogden may bond small tooth-colored attachments to some of your teeth so the aligners have something to grip. They come off at the end of treatment.

Invisalign patient having a panoramic x-ray taken during a first visit at Ogden Orthodontics in Mount Dora

Records taken at the first visit give Dr. Ogden the full picture of your bite before any plan is written.

Invisalign cost in Mount Dora

At Ogden Orthodontics, Invisalign costs $2,495 for Touch-Up treatment or $4,895 for Comprehensive treatment at our Mount Dora office.

Treatment Touch-Up$2,495 Comprehensive$4,895
Best forMinor alignment correctionsFull correction of the bite along with the alignment
Typical timelineUnder six monthsPast twelve months
Refinements includedNoneThree
Additional refinementsQuoted before you agree to them$500 each

Touch-Up is a common choice for adults whose teeth drifted after braces earlier in life. If a Touch-Up case needs movement beyond the original plan, Dr. Ogden quotes that before you agree to it rather than adding it to a bill afterward.

Financing is in house at 0% interest, which means your monthly figure is the fee divided across your treatment rather than the fee plus a lender's margin.

We check your orthodontic insurance benefit before you commit to anything, so the number you are deciding on is what you would actually pay. We work with plans from Delta Dental, DeltaCare USA, Cigna, MetLife, United Healthcare, Ameritas, and The Standard.

Ask about monthly payment options

Before your consultation

What is likely to come up at your first visit

Three questions. This is not a diagnosis, it is a preview of what Dr. Ogden will look at.

Who is the treatment for?

If this is for your teen

Invisalign's teen aligners carry compliance indicators, small blue markers that fade with wear, so wear time is visible rather than argued about.

Even when Invisalign is clinically a good fit, the practical risk with a teenager is wear time. It is the aligner sitting in a napkin in a school cafeteria. The indicators mean you find out in a few weeks rather than at the end, and it means the conversation at home is about a fact rather than a suspicion.

The separate question is whether the bite suits aligners at all. A jaw that is still growing or teeth that are significantly rotated can sometimes be treated more predictably with braces. Dr. Ogden will tell you that plainly rather than selling you the appliance you walked in asking about, and parents around Mount Dora have been getting that answer from him since 2006.

If your teen is the type who will forget, say so at the consultation. It is useful information, not a judgment, and it changes what he recommends.

If this is for you, and it has been on your list a while

Many adults come in because teeth that were straight after braces have gradually shifted since.

Teeth can drift after braces when retainers stop being worn consistently. If yours came off in high school and moved over the following twenty years, you are far from the only adult in Lake County considering a second round. Minor relapse is also the kind of case aligners handle most comfortably, which is what the Touch-Up fee is built around.

If part of the appeal is that nobody at work has to know you are doing it, that is a reasonable thing to want and a reasonable thing to say out loud at your consultation. It is one of the factors Dr. Ogden weighs when a case could go either way.

Dr. Robert Ogden going over a patient's treatment plan on screen at the Mount Dora office

Worth booking a consultation if any of these sound familiar

  • You had braces once and your bottom front teeth have crowded back in
  • Your retainer stopped fitting years ago and you stopped wearing it
  • You notice it in photos more than you do in the mirror
  • You have looked at mail-order aligners and were not comfortable with nobody examining your bite
  • You want to know the number before you decide anything

The consultation is free and there is no obligation to start.

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Dr. Robert Ogden with a patient at Ogden Orthodontics in Mount Dora

Your orthodontist

Who plans your case

Dr. Ogden completed an accredited orthodontic residency at the University of Florida College of Dentistry in 1994, after earning his DDS from Case Western Reserve University in 1991.

  • DDS, Case Western Reserve University, 1991
  • Orthodontic residency, University of Florida, 1994
  • Member, American Association of Orthodontists
  • Practicing in Lake County since 1994

With Invisalign, much of the treatment is decided before the first aligner goes in. The aligners are manufactured to the treatment plan the doctor prescribes, so someone with orthodontic training has to design that plan and then correct it when teeth do not track the way it predicted. At this practice that person is Dr. Ogden, and he is the only treating orthodontist across all three offices. There is no rotating roster and no handoff partway through.

More about Dr. Ogden's training

After your aligners come off

Every orthodontic result needs a retainer, aligners included.

Teeth move for your whole life. Retention is not an upsell and it is not optional, it is the second half of the treatment. We go over your retainer options and what long-term wear actually looks like before your treatment finishes, so it is not a surprise handed to you on the last day.

If you have been through orthodontic treatment before and the result did not hold, this is almost always why.

Getting to our Mount Dora office from the Golden Triangle

Our Mount Dora office is at 2110 N Donnelly St, Suite 700, about a mile north of downtown.

Address
2110 N Donnelly St, Suite 700
Mount Dora, FL 32757
Phone
(352) 735-0004
Hours
Monday to Friday, 8:00 am to 5:00 pm
Closed Saturday and Sunday
Directions
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We are in town on Donnelly rather than out on the 441 corridor. Patients come in from Tavares and Eustis on US-441, and from Sorrento and Mount Plymouth on SR-46. We also see families from Zellwood, Umatilla, Grand Island, and Apopka.

If your schedule changes partway through treatment, you can switch to our Clermont office or Windermere office without changing doctors or restarting your plan. Same doctor, same fee.

From our Mount Dora patients

Reviews of the Mount Dora office

The consultation is free, and you will know at the end of it whether aligners suit your case and what the fee would be.

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Invisalign questions from Mount Dora patients

How much does Invisalign cost in Mount Dora?

Invisalign costs $2,495 for Touch-Up treatment and $4,895 for Comprehensive treatment at Ogden Orthodontics in Mount Dora. Your consultation determines which level fits your case. Financing is in house at 0% interest, and we check your orthodontic insurance benefit before you start.

How long does Invisalign take?

Touch-Up cases generally finish in under six months and Comprehensive cases usually run past twelve months. The larger variable is wear time. Aligners only move teeth while they are in your mouth, so a patient who takes them out often finishes later than the plan predicts.

Is Invisalign from an orthodontist different from Invisalign at a dental office?

The Invisalign product is the same. What differs is who diagnoses your bite and who adjusts the plan when your teeth do not move the way it predicted. The aligners are manufactured to the doctor's prescription, which makes the prescription the actual treatment. Dr. Ogden completed a full orthodontic residency at the University of Florida and treats orthodontic cases exclusively.

How often will I need to come in?

Less often than braces patients, who come in every four to six weeks. Dr. Ogden sets your interval based on your case and gives you the schedule at the start rather than one visit at a time. The visits themselves are short.

Do you treat teenagers with Invisalign?

Yes, when the bite suits aligners and the teen will wear them. Invisalign's teen aligners carry compliance indicators that fade with wear, so wear time is visible rather than guessed at. Dr. Ogden will tell you at the consultation whether aligners can get the result you want or whether braces would do the job more reliably.

Can I start treatment in Mount Dora and be seen at another Ogden office?

Yes. Dr. Ogden treats at all three offices, so you can move between Mount Dora, Clermont, and Windermere without changing doctors or restarting your plan. Families do this when a job changes or when one office simply fits a particular week better.

Does Invisalign cost more at one Ogden office than another?

No. The fees are the same at all three offices. Choose the one that is easiest to reach on a weekday.

How far is the Mount Dora office from Eustis and Tavares?

Both are a short drive on US-441. The office is at 2110 N Donnelly St, about a mile north of downtown Mount Dora, so you are coming into town rather than heading out to the highway. Sorrento and Mount Plymouth come in on SR-46.

What happens if I lose or break an aligner?

Call the office. Depending on where you are in the sequence, the answer is usually to move to the next set or go back to the previous one until a replacement arrives. It rarely changes the finish date. Losing wear time week after week is the thing that does.

Will I need a retainer afterward?

Yes. Teeth drift after any orthodontic treatment, aligners included, and retention is how the result holds. We go over your retainer options before treatment finishes.

Decide once, and stop thinking about it

One visit, no charge, no obligation to start. You leave knowing whether aligners will work for you and what the whole thing costs.

If the honest answer is braces, that is what you will hear. If the honest answer is to wait, you will hear that too. Either way you will have stopped wondering, which is worth an hour on a weekday.