Your braces consultation, free

A first visit at Embrace Orthodontics is unhurried and genuinely useful, whether or not you decide to go ahead. Dr. Catherine McLeod, a specialist orthodontist, looks at your teeth, bite and jaws and listens to what you would like to change. If it helps to see the detail, we take a quick, comfortable iTero digital scan instead of goopy impressions and use it to show you a preview of how your smile could look. You get to see the plan, not just hear about it.

From there she talks you through your options, including whether treatment is needed at all. If braces or clear aligners would help, you leave with a written treatment plan and an exact, all-in quote, so there are no surprises later. The fee is patient specific and depends on the complexity of your case and bite, and it always comes with interest-free monthly plans from $149 and direct insurance billing where your plan allows. You can read more about payment plans and financing before you come in.

Best of all, you will not wait long to be seen. There is no waitlist at Embrace Orthodontics, so most new patients sit down with Dr. Catherine McLeod within a week of getting in touch, and no referral from your dentist is needed. Children, teens and adults are all welcome, and you are welcome to bring the whole family. If you are not yet sure which treatment fits, our treatment options are a good place to start.

When we say the consultation is free, we mean it. There is no fee for the visit, no obligation to start, and no hard sell if you do. If Dr. Catherine McLeod thinks treatment can wait, or is not needed at all, she will tell you outright. Plenty of people, especially parents of young children, come in and leave with nothing more than reassurance and a date to check back.

It is a real specialist opinion, too, not a quick screening. Orthodontics is all Dr. Catherine McLeod does, and she has spent sixteen years and more than four thousand smiles getting it right for Halifax families. If you have been told elsewhere that you need teeth removed or jaw surgery, a free consultation is a sensible moment for a second opinion before you commit. And if getting in is easier from home, you can always begin with a virtual consult and come in for records later.