The practice behind the guide
SMILE-FX® is a full-service orthodontic practice in Miramar, Florida. The care explanation below describes the practice's general offering. Individual decisions during pregnancy need their own clinical discussion; the list is not a recommendation to use whitening, CBCT or every listed option during pregnancy.
The home and lesson pages connect those questions with practical examples. Existing patients keep the continuing-care route provided by their treating team.
Doctor-led care, from planning through follow-ups
At SMILE-FX®, board-certified orthodontists see every patient, including at follow-up visits. Clinical director Dr. Tracy Miao Liang leads a full-service Miramar practice with a digitally driven clear-aligner focus. Your goals, proposed appliance and continuing care belong in an explanation you can understand.
Care policies confirmed by SMILE-FX®: board-certified orthodontists see every patient, including follow-ups, in a full-service practice with a digitally driven clear-aligner focus. The biography link provides clinical director background.
Clinic context: Dr. Tracy Liang's clinical director background
Understand the proposed plan
AI-assisted precision planning supports your orthodontist's work. Before-and-after smile-preview simulations give you a view of proposed changes, so you can point to what you understand or want explained. A simulation illustrates the plan; it is not a promised result.
Low-dose 3D CBCT imaging supports clinical assessment, detection of findings and treatment planning when indicated. The information helps your orthodontist connect the findings with an explanation of the proposed approach.
Care policies confirmed by SMILE-FX®: AI-assisted planning, smile-preview simulations and low-dose 3D CBCT imaging when indicated. The technology link describes planning tools.
Clinic context: Clinic information about planning tools and imaging
Stay connected between visits
Smartphone and iPhone monitoring comes standard with braces and aligner plans. You can send progress information from home between visits for clinical review. Remote monitoring also helps flag issues such as broken brackets or aligners that are not tracking, with the clinical team evaluating what needs attention.
With 24/7 access to provider support, you have a contact route when a question or concern arises. Responses are handled through the clinical team's care arrangements, keeping access to support distinct from a promise of an instant reply.
Care policies confirmed by SMILE-FX®: standard smartphone monitoring for braces and aligner plans, clinical review of issue flags, and 24/7 access to provider support. The monitoring link describes progress submissions and clinician review.
Clinic context: Clinic information about clinician-connected progress review
Connect your plan with practical continuing care
SMILE-FX® makes in-house 3D-printed aligners and offers same-day aligner and retainer options. That connects doctor-led planning with a local fabrication route. Your prescribed appliance and individual arrangements determine which option is used.
For continuing care, SMILE-FX® can ship course-correction aligners to your home. Rescue aligner care provides a doctor-led route for people seeking help with a prior aligner course. Course corrections and Rescue arrangements are set individually alongside the clinical plan.
Custom 3D-printed bracket options are also part of the practice's range. Their off-site manufacturing is separate from local aligner and retainer fabrication, so the appliance and its production route stay clear in your discussion.
Care policies confirmed by SMILE-FX®: local fabrication and same-day options, individually arranged home course-correction shipments and Rescue care, and separately manufactured custom brackets. The links below provide service information and general patient resources.
Clinic context: Clinic aligner options and local fabrication information Clinic retainer service information Clinic information about the Rescue service Clinic appliance information General SMILE-FX® patient resources
Understand your options and included care
SMILE-FX® offers Invisalign and OrthoFX, including AirFlex, alongside night-time aligner options. The range gives you specific choices to discuss, while your orthodontist determines the system and wear instructions for your individual plan. Commercial systems and in-house appliances have their own production routes.
Fixed and removable retainers plus whitening are included at SMILE-FX®. These benefits belong in the full treatment conversation and written proposal, alongside the active appliance and continuing-care arrangements.
At-home and in-office whitening options give a separate color goal its own place in planning. The appropriate method and personal arrangements are decided individually; the availability of both modes does not mean every person receives both.
Care policies confirmed by SMILE-FX®: the offered systems and night-time options, included fixed and removable retainers plus whitening, and at-home and in-office whitening modes. The service links below describe listed aligner, retainer and whitening options.
Clinic context: Clinic information about listed aligner options Clinic retainer and whitening service information
How the educational sources are used
The general dental and orthodontic explanations draw on the American Dental Association, its MouthHealthy patient resource and the American Association of Orthodontists. Links appear beside the factual explanations. These organizations are educational sources, not endorsers of this guide or the practice.
AI assisted the writing and implementation. The fictional examples are authored teaching examples, not patient stories, clinical findings or treatment results. No named clinical reviewer or pregnancy specialty is claimed.
Source dates and further reading
Sources were accessed on October 24, 2026. The ADA pregnancy topic lists July 14, 2025 as its update date; the ADA radiographs topic lists March 26, 2026. The selected AAO and MouthHealthy pages did not show an article update date.