Your Patient Is Still Your Patient.
A referral should feel like a seamless extension of your care. When you refer a patient to us, you are trusting us with someone you've cared for and a relationship you've built. We believe that trust deserves exceptionally clear communication, thoughtful treatment planning, and an experience that reflects the quality of care you provide in your own practice.
How We Protect Your Doctor-Patient Relationship
We know the frustrations referring doctors face: unreturned calls, patients lost in corporate clinic rotations, and extracted teeth that compromise your restorative vision. Here is our promise to your practice:
Closed-Loop Communication
You are never left guessing. We send prompt consultation summaries with diagnostic records, notify you of milestones, and reach out well in advance of debonding to coordinate your restorative, cosmetic, or hygiene appointments.
100% Doctor-Operated & Owned
The Art of Braces is a boutique private practice, not a rotating-doctor corporate DSO. Dr. Saoly Benson evaluates every patient, places every bracket, bends every wire, and guides every treatment decision herself from day one to finish.
Non-Extraction & Airway Philosophy
Healthy teeth stay whenever possible. Through skeletal expansion (including adult MARPE) and arch development, we preserve facial fullness, smile width, and airway capacity — making premolar extraction the rare exception rather than the rule.
How We Collaborate With Your Clinical Specialty
Whether your goal is setting up ideal implant space, addressing transverse airway collapse, or guiding mixed dentition, we tailor our orthodontic mechanics to your restorative and medical endpoints.
General & Restorative Dentists
Protecting and elevating your restorative, cosmetic, and implant treatment plans.
- Space distribution and vertical clearance for implants, bridges, and anterior veneers.
- Molar uprighting and parallel abutment preparation to eliminate restorative compromises.
- Smile Arc Protection (SAP) bracket placement to follow the lower lip line and showcase cosmetic dentistry.
- Immediate return to your office for restorative recall and regular hygiene maintenance.
Airway, Sleep Medicine & ENTs
True skeletal palatal expansion for transverse airway resistance without jaw surgery.
- Adult MARPE (Micro-implant Assisted Rapid Palatal Expansion) without hospital LeFort osteotomy.
- Splits the midpalatal suture to increase nasal floor volume and reduce nasal airway resistance.
- Increases oral volume for proper tongue posture, addressing retroglossal airway collapse.
- Comprehensive CBCT cross-sectional airway evaluation shared directly with your team.
Pediatric Dentists
Interceptive, timely intervention to prevent complex secondary skeletal problems.
- Crossbite correction, palatal expansion, and ectopic canine eruption prevention.
- Habit appliance management, tongue thrust therapy, and early airway screening.
- Conservative observation when treatment can wait, respecting parental trust and child comfort.
- C5 lingual braces designed specifically for children who want hidden treatment.
Oral & Maxillofacial Surgeons
Precision pre- and post-surgical orthodontics for skeletal malocclusions.
- Rigorous decompensation and dental arch coordination for orthognathic surgical success.
- Skeletal anchorage TAD mechanics for complex open bites, cants, and impactions.
- Surgical canine exposure and gentle extrusion traction protocols.
- Seamless communication on surgical splints, virtual surgical planning, and debond sequencing.
Periodontists
Light-force orthodontic movement respecting bone biology and gingival architecture.
- Self-ligating Pitts 21 low-friction mechanics to prevent cortical bone fenestrations.
- Gingival margin leveling to establish harmonious zeniths before periodontal grafting.
- Strict periodontal clearance protocols and hygiene intervals before every orthodontic activation.
- Supportive therapy for adult patients with reduced, but healthy, periodontal support.
Orthodontics Beyond Simply Straight Teeth
A beautiful smile isn't simply a row of straight teeth. It is how the teeth, lips, gums, oral health, and facial structures come together as a whole.
Traditional orthodontic bracket placement centers brackets on the clinical crowns, which often flattens the upper incisal curve against the lower lip line. As patients age, this flat smile arc creates premature facial aging and decreased tooth display.
Dr. Benson utilizes Smile Arc Protection (SAP): positioning brackets strategically higher (gingivally) on maxillary incisors to maintain and enhance the natural curvature of the smile. For referring restorative doctors, this ensures your anterior crowns and veneers fit into a youthful, dynamic smile frame.
Our Comprehensive Aesthetic Perspective:
"Dr. Benson's bracket placement is designed around the patient's unique facial aesthetics — not a textbook formula. Each treatment is planned with the final smile in mind."
Bringing New Technology to Nevada So Your Patients Don't Wait
Our practice has built its reputation on being first to adopt genuine clinical breakthroughs. When you refer to The Art of Braces, your patients benefit from modern technology that shortens treatment time, enhances comfort, and delivers invisible options.
Rayface 3D Facial Imaging
The very first practice in the U.S. to offer Rayface 3D facial imaging — capturing how teeth, lips, and dynamic facial animation move in harmony for smile design.
Impressionless Office with DIBS AI
Vegas' first 100% digital workflow, now powered by DIBS AI digital bracket positioning to pre-plan bracket placement and cut chair time by months.
InSmile™ (rebranded InBrace®) & C5
Nevada’s first provider for InSmile™ (rebranded InBrace®) and pioneer for C5 hidden braces (a Nevada first as well) — completely invisible behind-the-teeth treatment with zero visible hardware.
Brava Robotic Orthodontics
Brought independent robotic tooth movement to Las Vegas. Placed discreetly behind the teeth for rapid, fully hidden tooth positioning.
ArtAlign™ 3D Clear Aligners
Manufactured on-site in our practice laboratory in Las Vegas with premium thermoformed Zendura materials for rapid turnaround and precision control.
Synapse Dental Pain Eraser
First in Nevada to offer FDA-cleared Pulsewave neuromodulation for gentle, drug-free comfort during appointments and activations.
Meet Dr. Saoly Benson, DDS
Artist at heart. Clinician by training. Dedicated partner to Las Vegas dental professionals.
You have a choice in selecting the orthodontic partner for your patients. At The Art of Braces, Dr. Saoly Benson approaches orthodontics as both a science and an art — looking beyond simply straightening teeth to create smiles that complement each patient's unique facial architecture and are engineered to age beautifully.
With more than 13 years of dedicated orthodontic experience, Dr. Benson served as Chief Resident at the UNLV School of Dental Medicine, completed a Master of Science in Oral Biology researching 3D imaging, and achieved voluntary Board Certification with the American Board of Orthodontics immediately following residency using clinical cases from her training.
"Every treatment decision is made directly by me. We run a low-volume, boutique schedule so we have the time to collaborate closely with you on complex restorative and aesthetic plans."— Dr. Saoly Benson, DDS
Submit a Patient Referral
Fill out the details below. Our referral coordinator will contact the patient within 1 business day and send your office a confirmation notice.
Provider Frequently Asked Questions
Direct answers for doctors regarding our referral workflows, diagnostic protocols, and case collaboration.
How does Dr. Benson collaborate with referring dentists on cosmetic and implant cases?
Dr. Benson believes pre-restorative orthodontics should serve the restorative dentist's definitive endpoint. We coordinate space distribution, root tip angulation, intrusive or extrusive leveling, and Smile Arc Protection (SAP) bracket placement to highlight your anterior restorations. You will receive diagnostic CBCT and 3D Rayface records along with the initial treatment plan, midpoint checkpoint notifications, and a debonding notification well before appliances are removed so you can schedule timely restorative recalls.
Does The Art of Braces routinely extract bicuspids for orthodontic crowding?
No. Dr. Benson champions a non-extraction philosophy whenever clinically viable. Through true skeletal expansion (including adult MARPE) and physiologic arch development, healthy teeth are preserved to sustain soft tissue facial volume, full smile width, and upper airway volume. Premolar extractions are considered a rare exception, never a routine shortcut.
Can adult patients with transverse maxillary deficiency be expanded without orthognathic surgery?
Yes. Dr. Benson is one of only two orthodontists in the Las Vegas Valley offering adult MARPE (Micro-implant Assisted Rapid Palatal Expansion). By anchoring the custom expansion appliance directly to palatal cortical bone via temporary skeletal micro-implants (TADs), we achieve true skeletal suture opening in mature teens and adults without surgical LeFort osteotomy, general anesthesia, or hospital admission.
How do we send patient x-rays and clinical notes?
We make records sharing seamless and flexible for your clinical team:
- Direct Online Form: Submit patient demographics, referral concerns, and notes via our online referral form above in under 60 seconds.
- Secure Email: Email digital radiographs (PAN, FMX, CBCT DICOM files, or intraoral STL scans) directly to smile@theartofbraces.com.
- Cloud & PMS Share Links: Sharing images and files through your practice's HIPAA-compliant cloud storage share links (e.g., Google Business Drive, Microsoft Business OneDrive) or PMS cloud storage links.
- No Duplicate Radiation: If your practice does not have recent x-rays, there is no need to expose your patient to duplicate radiation — Dr. Benson takes comprehensive, complimentary digital imaging including low-dose CBCT and 3D Rayface extraoral facial scanning at the initial consultation.
What invisible or lingual options exist for adult patients who refuse visible brackets?
For adult and teen patients who decline visible hardware or struggle with clear aligner wear compliance, Dr. Benson offers the region's most comprehensive lingual and hidden orthodontic portfolio:
- InSmile™ Lingual Braces (Nevada First): InSmile™ is the rebrand of InBrace® — using custom shape-memory smartwires bonded behind the teeth for 24/7 continuous correction with zero visible hardware.
- C5 Hidden Orthodontics (Nevada First): A Nevada first as well, C5 hidden braces provide ultra-low-profile, bracket-less anterior alignment bonded behind the teeth with exceptional comfort and zero speech compromise.
- Brava® by Brius (Las Vegas First): Independent robotic lingual movement placed discreetly behind the teeth, moving teeth simultaneously on dedicated biomechanical arms.
- ArtAlign™ In-House 3D Aligners: High-performance clear aligners custom fabricated on-site in our practice laboratory in Las Vegas with premium Zendura materials for rapid turnaround and total clinical control.