Being frank about straightening

05 December 2016
Volume 31 · Issue 6

Luke Franks is the latest celebrity to embark on Invisalign treatment to correct the alignment of his teeth in full public view. 

The multi-channel presenter, who stars on television and radio, was most recently seen on TV at the Teen Awards interviewing the Vamps to the accompaniment of thousands of screaming fans.  Many will also have seen him on the kid’s TV’s show Scrambled or digesting the results of The X-Factor. Not to mention, he has legions of fans for his YouTube channel.      

Because of the demand to feed his YouTube channel, Luke constantly scrutinises his own appearance while filming. He noticed that although he has a cheeky persona, he does not smile or reveal his teeth in public, as he is quite self conscious about them.  So he reached out to Align Technology to tackle his twisted bottom teeth. 

Mohsen Tehranian, who just started treating Luke with Invisalign, commented “Luke has moderate overcrowding to his lower teeth. When Luke speaks or smiles you can see that his lower teeth show more than his upper. However, fixing this is straightforward and it is anticipated that Luke will be smiling more broadly in six to eight months. I know this as I took a digital scan of his teeth and uploaded it to special Invisalign software, thanks to which we can provide a projected outcome and guidance about how many aligners he will need. As each aligner is changed after two weeks it is possible to work out the length of treatment, provided I don’t have to make any refinements along the way.”

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