Six Month Smiles
Six Month Smiles, long known for short-term clear braces, announced its 6MS Invisible Aligners in May 2019; this entry covers the aligners only. They are sold only to dentists and orthodontists who have taken a 6MS course, so a patient cannot order them and each practice sets the fee; no practice publishes a price for the aligners themselves. The FDA cleared the aligner in June 2021 (K210652) and lists no adverse event reports under either spelling of the brand. Sources
Sourced from each brand's published terms and primary FDA device records. Prices verified Oct 16, 2026, FDA records verified Oct 16, 2026. How we verify. Not dental or medical advice.
Available only through trained dentists in the US and UK; there is no way for a patient to order the aligners directly. Sources
At a glance
Prices verified Oct 16, 2026Six Month Smiles (6MS Invisible Aligners, 6MS Relapse Aligners, 6MS Mixed Appliance) is a clear aligner brand available to new patients that has no FDA device recall on file. Treatment is in-office (doctor-directed, fitted through in-person visits).
- Treatment length
- 6-10 monthstypical
- Supervision
- In-office
- FDA safety
- No recalls
What it can treat
In Six Month Smiles's own words: Crowding; Spacing and gaps; Crossbite; Open bite; Deep bite; Relapse after braces; Mild to moderate misalignment. Sources
The dentist's scans or impressions go to 6MS, where specialists plan the tooth movement in CONFIDEX software overseen by orthodontists; the dentist must approve the plan, then 6MS prints and packages the aligner trays and a template for bonding attachments. The trays are described as Zendura FLX, a dual-shell material 0.76 mm thick, and the FDA summary describes thermoformed polyurethane-polyester composite aligners prescribed by a dental clinician.
Safety & recalls
This brand's FDA device record under the aligner product code NXC: recalls and MAUDE adverse-event reports, verified Oct 16, 2026.
A raw count of unverified FDA reports filed under “Six Month Smiles” and product code NXC, not a rate. None on file may reflect how new or small the brand is, not proof of safety. Every brand's count is on the safety board.
How treatment is supervised
Your dentist or orthodontist fits and adjusts treatment through regular visits. Suits: complex bites and larger movements that need hands-on care.
Six Month Smiles: In-office: a trained dentist examines, prescribes, fits and monitors; 6MS specialists prepare the plan, overseen by its orthodontists, and the dentist approves it Sources
Brand specs
- Whitening
- Not published
Where the Six Month Smiles facts come from
The pages behind this brand's profile, specs and supervision model. Prices, treatment length and FDA records each link to their own source where they appear.
- 6monthsmiles.comhttps://www.6monthsmiles.com/products/invisible-aligners
- 6monthsmiles.comhttps://www.6monthsmiles.com/
- 6monthsmiles.comhttps://www.6monthsmiles.com/cost
- 6monthsmiles.comhttps://www.6monthsmiles.com/everything-you-need-to-know-about-braces
- 6monthsmiles.comhttps://www.6monthsmiles.com/invisible-aligners
- 6monthsmiles.com
Safety notices for at-home aligners
Regulatory safety findings a current reference should carry, even when the live per-brand feed has not caught up. Each is cited and dated.
Dental bodies caution against straightening teeth without an in-person exam
The American Dental Association maintains a standing policy discouraging direct-to-consumer teeth straightening, reaffirmed in December 2023 on patient-safety grounds. The American Association of Orthodontists holds that treatment should be under the in-person supervision of a licensed orthodontist, warns that moving teeth without an exam and X-rays can miss gum disease or cavities and cause irreversible, expensive harm (bone and tooth loss, receding gums, changed bites), and urges patients to report problems to the FDA. See a dentist before starting, and stop and seek care if you notice pain, looseness, or bleeding.
American Dental Association; American Association of Orthodontists · as of Dec 1, 2023
Reported harms in the FDA device adverse-event database
Thousands of adverse-event reports have been filed with the FDA under the sequential clear-aligner product code (NXC), the large majority coded as injuries, spanning both in-office and at-home brands. A peer-reviewed analysis of the NXC reports filed from 2010 to 2020 (651 reports, 104 of them involving direct-to-consumer aligners) found the direct-to-consumer reports dominated by bite problems (41.3%), orofacial pain (29.8%) and periodontal harm (26.6%) such as loose teeth, gum recession and bone loss, with tooth sensitivity, jaw (TMJ) problems, fractured teeth and tooth loss also reported; the authors note that some of these harms are irreversible. These are unverified spontaneous reports, not incidence rates, and do not establish that any device caused the event, but they underline why an in-person check and professional oversight matter.
Ways to start Six Month Smiles
Every way to start, lowest price first.
Six Month Smiles costs Provider-set (not published) via Six Month Smiles (via a trained dentist), in-office (dentist / orthodontist), across 1 tracked way to start.
Prices are each brand's stated starting figure, not the total cost. They change often; each links to its source. Re-verified 2026-10-16. This is information, not dental or medical advice.
Clinical evidence & professional guidance
No registered study names Six Month Smiles
Independent clinical evidence on individual aligner brands is limited, and both the American Dental Association and the American Association of Orthodontists advise an in-person exam and dentist or orthodontist supervision before treatment. The clear aligner studies we index cover the category as a whole (130 registered on ClinicalTrials.gov).