Braces & Clear Aligners Online Quotes UK

You submit guided photos of your teeth through the Virtual Consultant Online platform. A qualified UK orthodontist reviews your photos and provides a clinician-reviewed response with treatment options, likely treatment type, and indicative costs — without you needing to visit a practice.

Yes. Virtual Consultant Online works with orthodontic practices across England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, so you can start an assessment from anywhere in the UK and have your case routed to a suitable clinic in the network. The photo submission itself is done from home on your own phone, which means the distance to a practice only becomes relevant at the point where in-person records and treatment are needed. Practice availability does vary by area, and rural locations generally have fewer clinics within easy travelling distance than cities.

Private orthodontic treatment in the UK typically costs between £1,500 and £5,500 depending on treatment type and complexity. Metal braces start from around £1,500, clear aligners (including Invisalign) from around £2,000, and lingual braces from around £4,000. NHS treatment is available for eligible children under 18.

No. You can receive a clinician-reviewed treatment quote by submitting photos online, without visiting a practice first. The initial consultation and quote process is fully remote. If treatment is then recommended and you decide to go ahead, in-person clinical records — X-rays, digital scans or impressions, and a gum and root assessment — are needed before anything starts, because photographs alone cannot show root position, bone levels or hidden decay. Those records can change the plan, the timescale or the fee, so treat the initial quote as an informed starting point rather than a final figure.

Orthodontic treatment commonly addresses crowded teeth, gaps and spacing, overbite, underbite, crossbite, open bite and protruding front teeth, along with combinations of these. Both fixed braces and clear aligners cover a wide range of alignment and bite issues, though they are not interchangeable for every case — movements needing precise root control, significant bite correction or severe crowding are often more predictable with fixed braces. Problems rooted in jaw position rather than tooth position may need growth-modifying appliances in children, or a combined orthodontic and surgical approach in adults.

Most patients complete the guided photo upload in around five minutes, using a phone or webcam at home. Step-by-step prompts show you which angles to capture — front, sides and biting views — so no dental knowledge is needed and there is nothing to measure. Good lighting and a clear view of the teeth make the biggest difference to how useful the submission is. Once completed, the assessment is reviewed by a clinician in the UK network rather than processed automatically, and you receive treatment options and indicative costs in response.

Yes. Virtual Consultant Online is operated by a registered UK company and complies with UK GDPR and data protection law. Your photos and personal details are used only for the purposes of producing your quote and, if accepted, arranging next steps with the clinic.

Once you accept a quote, a treatment coordinator from the matched clinic contacts you directly to arrange the next steps. The first of these is normally an in-person appointment for clinical records — X-rays, digital scans or impressions, and photographs — plus a check of gum health and root position that cannot be done from photographs. The treating clinician then confirms the plan, the appliance and the final fee, which may differ from the indicative quote if the records reveal added complexity. Nothing is binding until you have seen and agreed that confirmed plan.

Yes. Virtual Consultant Online provides a SaaS platform for orthodontic practices to manage remote evaluations, guided photo intake, digital multi-option quotes, automated patient follow-up, triage, and lead management. Practices can sign up for a free trial with no credit card required.

Yes. The platform includes an AI smile preview feature that allows patients and prospective leads to upload a photo and generate an instant before-and-after orthodontic visualisation. The tool is available publicly for patient-facing lead capture and helps clinics convert enquiries into consultations.