Orthodontist Serving Commack, NY

Smithtown Orthodontics provides braces and clear aligners to Commack families from 200 E Main St. in Smithtown, about twenty minutes east on Jericho Turnpike. Dr. Duane Shank is a board-certified orthodontist. Consultations are free and payment plans run in-house with no interest, starting around $150 a month.

The town line runs through Commack

Most people who live in Commack know this and most people who do not, do not: Commack is split down the middle between the Town of Huntington and the Town of Smithtown. Commack High School is on the Smithtown side. So is Hoyt Farm Nature Preserve, the 133-acre park on New Highway with the sugaring shack and the trails, which the Town of Smithtown bought in 1965 and still runs. If you have taken a child there for the maple festival, you were in a Smithtown town park in Commack. That is the honest basis of this page. Smithtown Orthodontics is not around the corner from you. It is a specialty practice serving the town half of Commack is in, and it has been there for over thirty years.

Getting here from Commack

Roughly twenty minutes, and it depends which end of Commack you start from. Jericho Turnpike east is the direct route. Jericho becomes Route 25, which becomes East Main Street through Smithtown village; the office is at number 200 past Town Hall. From the northern end of Commack near the high school, Commack Road north to 25A and then east is often smoother. From the southern end near the Long Island Expressway, taking 454 across to Route 111 and north into Smithtown avoids the Jericho lights entirely. We will not pretend it is a five-minute trip. It is a twenty-minute one, made every four to eight weeks during treatment, and plenty of Commack families decide the specialist is worth it.

Clear aligners, braces, and how to choose

If you are weighing the two, here is the short version. Clear aligners, including Invisalign, are removable, close to invisible, and comfortable. They handle crowding, spacing, and rotation very well. They require you to wear them 20 to 22 hours a day, and they are less predictable for real bite correction, significant vertical movement, and closing extraction space. Braces are fixed, so compliance is not a variable, and they handle the difficult mechanics more reliably. Ceramic brackets make them far less visible than most adults expect. Dr. Shank treats with both and has no reason to sell you either one. At the consultation he examines the case and tells you which tool it calls for, including when aligners would be the wrong choice. That judgment is what two to three years of specialty residency after dental school actually buys.

Payment plans, in plain numbers

The practice runs its own payment plans with no interest. Monthly payments start around $150, with the down payment and schedule agreed at the consultation. There is no outside lender and no credit check, and because there is no interest, what you pay in total is what you were quoted. One fee covers records and X-rays, all appliances, every appointment including emergency visits, and your first set of retainers. The practice accepts most dental insurance plans and is not in-network with any carrier, which we tell you before you commit. HSA and FSA funds can be applied to your balance. Published Long Island price ranges are on the orthodontic financing page, and Invisalign specifically on the cost of Invisalign page.

Who Dr. Shank treats

Children from about age seven for a first evaluation, teenagers, and adults, including adults being re-treated after an earlier round of braces has drifted. Dr. Shank is a Diplomate of the American Board of Orthodontics and a Clinical Assistant Professor at Stony Brook University School of Dental Medicine, where he teaches orthodontic residents. He examines, plans, and adjusts every case in the practice himself.

Book from Commack

Serving Commack from our Smithtown office. Call (631) 265-3666 or request an appointment online. Smithtown Orthodontics 200 E Main St. Smithtown, NY 11787 (631) 265-3666