Homewood & Birmingham Orthodontist - Backus Smiles Orthodontist

Homewood & Birmingham Orthodontist (Backus Smiles) is an orthodontic specialty practice on Old Montgomery Highway in southeast Birmingham — emphasis on specialty. They are not a routine-filling or general-cleaning office. Orthodontists complete additional training after dental school in tooth movement, jaw-development guidance, and bite correction — the work that braces, Invisalign, and other orthodontic appliances do over months or years rather than the single-visit restorative work general dentists handle.

For patients with cavities or general-dentistry needs, the orthodontic practice typically coordinates with a referring general dentist for the routine restorative work rather than handling it directly — the orthodontist focuses on the bite-and-alignment side, while the general dentist handles fillings and cleanings. The orthodontic services include traditional metal braces, ceramic braces, Invisalign clear aligners, expansion appliances for younger patients, retainers for post-treatment maintenance, and bite-correction planning for cases where dental and skeletal issues overlap.

If your dentist has flagged crowding, a bite issue, or a need for orthodontic treatment, an orthodontic specialty practice handles that work plus the planning around how it interacts with any other dental needs you have.

Patients searching for family dentist in Birmingham, dentist for whole family in Birmingham, or general dentistry in Birmingham, AL who land at this listing should know it's an orthodontic specialty practice rather than a first-stop general dentist for routine recall care. For Homewood, Vestavia Hills, and Hoover families with kids or adults considering braces or Invisalign, this Old Montgomery Highway orthodontic practice is the appropriate type of office for that work. Birmingham's metro dental capacity tightens and loosens by season — if the practice isn't accepting new patients on first call, asking about a waitlist position is worth the two minutes before moving on to other options. It's worth asking whether the practice files insurance directly or expects payment up front and reimbursement separately, because the answer materially shifts how much you pay out of pocket on the visit day.