NewSmile

Please be wary of fake 5 star reviews. Thought I would give newsmile a try as frankly, it’s one of the cheapest options for treatment/retainers. I took pictures of my teeth as requested and received a standard response saying that I would be eligible for treatment. Got the impressions kit very quickly but received multiple emails asking me to book an online session within 5 days though there were no appointments available for over 10 days. Not a problem though as I Whattsapped the chat and was given a quicker appointment. During the appointment I was told that the impression trays were not big enough for my upper jaw. I was promptly sent the bigger trays. Couldn’t get an appointment for over a week but I didn’t mind waiting. During the second appointment I was told my upper jaw was too big for their biggest trays and so was offered a scan at a clinic. They don’t have a big presence in the UK so the only clinic I could go to is 5 hours away and the cost of the scan is £150. If accepted for treatment after the scan you will get £75 back. I justified this to myself - scan will be more accurate, I’ll be paying £75 plus £50 in fuel to get there but it will all be better than the putty. So I went for the scan, a week later I receive an email telling me I have calculus(plaque) that needs to removed before treatment can commence and that I’d need to have another scan. I replied to say that I’d happy visit a hygienist get the plaque removed but would not be travelling another 5 hours at a cost of £50 and paying for another scan at a cost of £150. If I had been told to get plaque removed or to visit a hygienist before the scan I would’ve done. I had no idea I had plaque or that it would stop me getting my treatment plan. I have asked if they can give me any other options apart from the above. What if I see the hygienist, go for another scan and find out that they missed a bit of plaque. Would I be expected to travel another 5 hours and pay another £150? I was then told that I might be able to get a scan more locally to myself. I found this quite annoying as I had traveled 5 hours previously and frankly I’m not prepared to keep paying out for scans in the event that I might be accepted for treatment. I asked that their dental team look at my previous scan to see if their retainers would work for me. I received an email back two weeks later telling me I would need ‘shaving’ and ‘expansion’ at a local dentist to get good results. So I’d not only be paying over £1000 for the retainers, I’d have to pay out around £1000 at my local dentist to get acceptable results. I have now asked for my treatment to be cancelled as it has become too complicated and expensive and after researching a bit more, I’ve found that you may need to wear the retainers for life to stop the teeth moving back to their original positions. I’ve been told that it will take three months for my order to be cancelled. Just be careful what you’re getting yourself into. If your teeth are not standard/have an easy treatment plan go for a company with a bigger UK presence or look at something more long term like braces. All this can be 100% verified.

My teeth were very crooked and now I am very satisfied with the final result! Unbeatable price/quality! I am happy with my new smile! Thank you New Smile!

Don’t pay full amount up front. Just get the impression kit for $40 or whatever the sale is. If you do pay up front, READ THE FINE PRINT regarding refunds. I only had one tooth I was interested in getting corrected. After several weeks and doing two impressions, the result didn’t fix my issue. Not a big deal, they tried and it just didn’t solve my issue. So, I requested a refund. After telling them more than once I wasn’t happy with the result (the computer rendition of what my teeth would look like was worse than they are now, gaps where they weren’t any before), they said they would “start” a refund review. Not sure what they had to review. I wasn’t happy with the result and wanted a refund. They said it would take 90 days! Maybe I’m spoiled by the standard refund policies of other companies, but 3 MONTHS?!? It was over 3 months and was going to be longer but I protested. I paid something like $1400+. I was under the impression I would get all but $40 back since they had impression kits for $40. Not so, read the fine print. I think I got back around $1100 after over 3 months since I “requested” a refund. I made my payment in mid-May and it was mid-October before I got my partial refund back. A long time and a lot of frustration! So, my advice is just start with the impression kit. Then, if you like the result, fork over the $1400.

DO NOT. This company will turn any glitch into your fault. They will not get back to you for the biweekly checking sometimes for a week. And they won't be accountable for it. They put on a false smile and lots of exclamations pretending they actually care. They won't even give you a chance to speak personally with any phone rep. Huge red flag. The good reviews are all fake. They are some company in Phillipines or Malaysia, not Canada, and it is ALL a front. They know what they are doing. Do not be fooled. They do NOT care for patients. Trust me, they WILL screw you. You will not get any refund. They should get what's coming to them. They will.

Terrible experience. I wore the slingers for the full treatment, my teeth looked great. Until my last retainer(the one that keeps teeth in place and is worn only at night) broke! I literally put in my mouth, as I had been doing for 30 some odd weeks… and it snapped in half! I contacted new smile and I’m being asked to pay another $400 CAD to replace it. My teeth are shifting back to pretreatment form. Terribly disappointed- BEWARE!

Don't do it. Unfortunately my experience was not a good one. I wanted to close the gap in my front teeth and straighten all my teeth. My gap they closed but my front teeth are not aligned and my left tooth beside my front tooth is on an angle. I message them multiple times to let them know that I was unhappy with the results and they continuously said there was nothing that they can do. Even after I after I followed every protocols and took pictures of the actual aligners (they were not designed to straighten my teeth. They showed my teeth still crooked). If I could save you the grief, please go with another company.

Horrible customer service and communication. My aligners stop tracking. I contacted them and they asked for pictures for them to send to their "dental professionals." Which I happily sent. 3 weeks go by with no response at all. I had to follow up multiple times before even receiving a response. The response was that they needed to set a video call with a dental professional, which is just a customer service agent in the Philippines. She had to watch me put the retainers in and out. The pics I sent earlier were never reviewed by any professional. They ended up having to send me new molds, which I had actually told them to do from the beginning. Incredibly, instead of sending me new molds, the customer service agent recommended that I move back a tray and see if that works. This was obviously another way for them to waste 4 more weeks of my time. I redid the molds 6 weeks ago. When I contacted them asking where my new retainers were, they asked me to send them more pictures of my current tray that I am stuck on. I have a wedding to go to in 2 months and I will probably still be waiting for them to send the new molds.

Terrible. They are smile love Canada under a new name. Took money from thousands of Canadians and bankrupted their company. Left everyone hanging. Paid $2500, went well for the first 6 months then they closed their lab for covid and refused to honour the money I’d paid. They’ve tried to offer me deal from the new name “new smile” on my existing treatment plan from smilelove (their old name) at another cost! Many others have gone through this same experience and have been made to believe their treatment is not yet complete and constantly buy more aligners at more costs to continue charging you beyond what was ever planned . I really really want to help others avoid the loss I suffered! At least if I’d gone with Invisalign or and actual orthodontist, I would have a guarantee and not be out thousands.

Back in the beginning of December 2021 I placed my order for the night time aligned treatment which i paid in full almost $1200. Got my impression trays about a week later sent them back. About 3 weeks later They said I need to redo them with the cost of a new impression kit. Which after a few email they waived the cost. Now we are midway through January finally get the new kit do the video chat doing the impression again send it back again. Now we are in the beginning of February and get a email again stating I need to do the impressions again at a additional cost. At this point I takes a couple days to get ahold of a actual human on the phone to talk to. At this point I requested a refund due to the process taking over two months to not make any progress. And they in form me it takes about 90 days to maybkmg get your refund approved. Well now we are in April get the refund a little ahead of the 90 period. And it is about $300 less of what I initially paid. And tell me it’s for the services received. I can understand the initial impression fee of about $120. But they are charging me for the second impressions kit which was given at a courtesy along with a detailed look at what my teeth could like which I never got to that point. With all the being said just go to your local orthodontist and pay the little extra money for the Invisalign I was quoted right at $2000 so about $800 more so you can deal with a human one on one and get the actual attention and smile you deserve.

This is a reply to NewSmile's response on 1/5/2022. My first post was in 12/31/2022. Since I posted in here, NewSmile issued a refund minus $200 for fees and penalties. I'm happy that I got some of my money back but I am not satisfied with the refund amount nor am I pleased in anyway about my overall experience with NewSmile. First they inflate these fees when you ask for a refund. Their Impression kit is on sale and has been for quite some time for $49, which includes your treatment preview. When asking for a refund they now want to charge me $200 to pay for the Impression kit and preview. This is not a fair business practice. Originally, I was willing to pay the $49 for the Impression kit, since it was used. However, NewSmile wants to overcharge and add fees when requesting a refund because I am not a good candidate for their aligners. I discussed what areas I wanted to see improvement in and they assured me that I was a good candidate until I got my preview and clearly I wasn't, there was no change in those areas.  Then they wanted me to get IPR (my teeth shaved) saying this would give me the results I was seeking for some of the areas. Understand, all of this was relayed through customer service as you are not allowed to know the name of the dentist or orthodontist that created or prescribed your treatment. Understand that the FDA requires a prescription for aligners meaning a licensed dentist or orthodontist has to design and prescribed the treatment before you even accept it. If NewSmile truly works with licensed dentist and orthodontist,  then the name of that person responsible for your treatment and for suggesting IPR should not be a secret. Also, I don't think NewSmile is FDA approved.  I was able to find their Healthy Canada approval but not FDA approval.  I repeatedly asked for their FDA registration number or their FEI number to locate their file with the FDA but they never gave me that information. If they are not FDA approved then they are not approved to operate as a US company, as aligners are a class 2 medical device. Also, their information on their website is false if they are not FDA approved. I was able to find other aligner companies approved by the FDA but not NewSmile. I even looked for variations of their name, just to be sure. So now, I need to determine how to proceed.  I believe NewSmile owes me all of my money back, including the interest I had to pay on the financing. I don't know if the putty in the kit is approved for the purpose they're using it for because again,, can't find any GDA approval to ensure that this company is using appropriate products for this industry. I would have never dealt with them if I had known how unethical they are appearing to be. I definitely should have done more research but I believed that they were being honest and I didn't imagine that I was being lied to. It's a shame that during these difficult times, that we as consumers have to be so hypervigelant in protecting ourselves from fraudulent companies.  For those of you lucky enough to be happy with NewSmile and get your expected outcome, you dodged a bullet. For those of you who feel betrayed and taken advantage of, you are not alone. I only hope my costly experience may save someone else from making the same mistake I did. On a positive note, I went with a different company that is FDA approved and I was able to verify it. Also, I have documentation to prove what I've written here.

I paid for my treatment in November 2019. I got my treatment in November 2020. Then I did not get the result as projected in the treatment plan. They asked me to pay extra $400 instead of providing me the treatment until I got the result that I wanted. I made payment of $400 for refinement aligners immediately back in May 2021 so that I could get this done asap. They promised to send me new aligners in June 2021. Now it is the second week of July 2021, I still have not received anything from them. You see it is such as a waste of money and time. Customer service was nice in the early process. After that, customer service could not solve customers’ problems in a timely manner when they received money from customers. If you cannot deliver, do not promise.

Great so far. Angel was great leading me through the impression process … top impression tray was too small so, waiting for larger tray, I will request her help when I receive my tray for top impression.

I have had an uneasy experience so far. I have been waiting about 3 months to get my molds done to receive my trays. I'm hoping third time is the charm. Maybe a better questionnaire would help to avoid sending out the wrong tray sizes? Stay tuned to see my end results...

Before I purchased the impressions I was told there should not be an issue with my permanent retainer and during the one on one I asked again and she said there shouldn’t be an issue when I took the first impression my retainer broke off then when I asked if my teeth should move by the time I receive my trays what would happen I was advised that I will have to repurchase I asked to speak to a dentist and I was advised via email a dentist will contact me and to provide the best time I can be reached at when I provided the times I never got a response and then I sent a follow up email and no answer I am beyond frustrated this is ridiculous I wasted my money and my time i am unhappy withthe experience

I ordered the impressions kit in Feb. Now I am told to redo the impression 2 times. I begin to pay the monthly fee two months ago. Now I am waiting for my impression kit to redo again. Each time they tell me that they will ensure it works. But I am told to do it again. I think that it wastes time. They could provide other solutions other than redo. I am deeply unhappy with the impression experience. I don't know when my impression kit will be great and when I can receive my aligners. It's too exhausting.

I had the pleasure of having Sarah to help me choose the best options for my newsmile plan! I am so grateful this was the best birthday gift I could ever have!!!

So far so good, customer service is great! Just wish that the process of getting started didn’t take so long, I paid a month and a half ago, and just did impression, now it will be another 2 months before I can start!!

This was such a great experience! I had my appointment with Shaira and it went smoothly! She was very patient and took me through all the necessary steps!

Great price, quick shipping of impression kit. Trisha did a get job helping me do the impressions via video call. Waiting now for my treatment plan and trays.

The delay between each step has been extremely long and my case, which was a little bit more complicated than other normal cases, has been handled by multiple employees, which did not communicate well together. I had to repeat myself a lot, which made the process even longer. I made my initial payment in June 2020 and still haven’t received feedback on the photos I sent. I asked for a refund which was refused due to the policy. The last employee I have been in contact with was a lot more helpful and things have been a lot more efficient since she is the only one im charge of my case. If I knew this was going to be this long, I would have paid more and I would have gone with an orthodontist for invisalign.

So far I’ve had a great experience! Trish helped me with my impression kit and she was very professional and helpful! I can’t wait to get started! Thank you!

So far so good with NewSmile! Impressions went well. Gen was patient and so good with helping. My journey is not over with NewSmile but so far so good.

Completed treatment and love my results! They have been very supportive through the entire process, and I am grateful I chose NewSmile.

Just be aware that if you do your impressions and then aren't happy with the electronic preview so want to cancel it will cost you over £200 even if you don't go ahead, it will also take 90 days at least to get any money back. I paid £1095, did the impressions and received the preview, wasn't happy with it so never went ahead with the treatment, now I'm only offered a refund of £880

Takes awhile to get impressions correct, but overall easy and a good experience. Comfortable aligners and great results.

This company should be investigated 100% ...they care for a few months, then you can go f yourself if things get screwy even if you've done everything with wearing aligners right for 2x the time they prescribed and waited many days for a response to your fit update. And then talk fown to you to do everything right as if youre not. They don't really care. They will scam you with a smile. Pay another company a cpl hundred more. Avoid these ppl.

I decided after the first impressions were rejected that i didn’t want to carry on with new smile. They were very difficult to get hold of, ignoring calls and not returning emails. Eventually I managed to talk to someone and started a refund but nothing has happened and nobody is responding to my inquiries. I am therefore out of over $1400 and i have nothing to show for it. I feel its a scam.

I have not received any kits yet, but so far the customer service with Zac has been great. Looking forward to receiving my kit

The experience from start has been easy!! And the appointment with the new smile person was amazing, it made making the impressions so easy.😬

My impressions specialist Cloue was amazing! Very knowledgable! Great experience, would definitely recommend to a friend 😊

Had my first impression, excellent service! Thé top tray was too small and by the time my appointment was done a large tray was already ordered :)

Sam was friendly, knowledgeable, and gave excellent instruction during the impression process. I can't to get the preview of my new smile!

I had already did my impressions before the session. I got a email from Sarah so I acted on it did my impressions tied mess up the first two but hope the other set will do.

The staff was helpful and professional. I’m disappointed it has taken more then 3 months just to get my impression done. Now I have to wait two more months until I can possibly start my treatment.

I enjoyed working with Shaira at NewSmile to create my teeth impressions. She was patient, supportive and informative. Thank you.

Shaira was great. She was very helpful and kind. I am very glad they offer the impression sessions, there is definitely a skill to it.

My experience started with having to wait 3 weeks for an appointment, and then getting no showed twice. New smile refunded me $50 for the inconvenience and rescheduled my appointment(worked out to about $8 per hour of my time spent dealing with this) I then discovered I require larger trays. I am currently waiting for them to ship so I can start the process again. These excessive wait times are ridiculous and I wish I never gave them my money.

Trish was great! She was friendly and informative. She would take the time to explain, then provide support and guidance.

Had a great experience with the impression session. She walked me through the entire process and was very informative! Over all a great experience.

Im at the beginning of the process i feel that customer service is behind us to make it a great experience.. will see further down the road