Board-certified orthodontist for kids, teens, and adults — across Lé by An Dental and Greenlife Dental.
Est. 2008 I’m Dr. Ivan — a Singapore board-certified orthodontist, Invisalign Platinum Elite provider in 2021 and 2022, and Invisalign Platinum provider since 2023. I earned my dental degree from the National University of Singapore in 2008, then spent my early years in government healthcare at the National Healthcare Group Polyclinic and Alexandra Hospital before completing my orthodontic residency at NUS in 2014 on an Alexandra Health scholarship.
I went on to earn my MOrth from the Royal College of Surgeons Edinburgh and serve as Associate Consultant in Orthodontics at Khoo Teck Puat Hospital, where I attained Singapore board certification in 2018. Since 2019 I’ve been in private practice across Lé by An Dental and Greenlife Dental — treating primary-school overbites, teenage Invisalign, and adults whose teeth shifted back after years.
I treat orthodontics as more than straightening teeth. How a jaw develops, how someone breathes, and how a bite actually works are all part of the same picture — which is why I lean into growth modulation for younger patients and airway-conscious planning for everyone else.
Straight teeth are nice. But finding your confidence is worth every visit. — Dr. Ivan
Discreet, removable orthodontic treatment for teens and adults. Invisalign Platinum Elite Provider in 2021–2022, Platinum Provider since 2023.
Time-tested fixed appliances when the case calls for the precision only braces deliver.
Early interceptive treatment for children — guiding jaw development at the window when it’s most responsive, often preventing bigger work later.
Custom appliances and treatment planning for patients whose bite story includes snoring, mouth breathing, or mild sleep apnea. Because how you breathe and how your jaw sits are part of the same picture.
Retainers to hold your result steady for the long run. Mouth guards for grinding, clenching, or contact sport — protecting the teeth (and the work) you’ve already invested in.
For adults — often in their 40s and 50s — whose bite is shifting again, or who simply feel ready now. The second time around is usually shorter and simpler than the first.
First questions every parent asks about catching things early.
When timing matters more than the appliance.
Why phase one isn’t quite the same as braces.
Reading a six-year-old’s smile.
Widening the upper jaw — and what it does to the rest of the face.
An appliance that asks the lower jaw to grow forward.
Why orthodontists pay so much attention to the calendar.
The signs parents can watch for at home.
Mouth-breathing — what it does, and what to do about it.
The most counter-intuitive thing about kids’ smiles.
The age you can get away with it. The age you really can’t.
Demystifying “phase one” before age ten.
How a narrow upper jaw shows up at night.
The signs of mouth-breathing in a child.
Why sleep position matters more than you think.
Snoring isn’t always benign — here’s why.
What an at-home sleep study can tell you.
Mandibular advancement, in plain terms.
When CPAP works, and when it doesn’t.
Adjusting a MAD: the first month.
How airway-aware orthodontics changes a treatment plan.
The mechanics, with the metaphors stripped out.
The diagnosis behind a result that didn’t quite hold.
Yes, really — but only sometimes, and only this much.
The chewing trick that helps the first sore week.
The right way to floss around brackets.
Wax, soft food, and what to skip.
The first consult, step by step.
Records, scans, and the treatment plan.
What a retainer should and shouldn’t feel like.
What crowding can do beyond aesthetics.
What people delay, and what it costs them later.
My wife texted me a photo of her friend’s six-year-old’s smile, asking if she’d need interceptive orthodontics. The honest answer about when kids actually need treatment — and when they don’t.
Read note →Why teeth move again after the first round of treatment, and what changes when you start orthodontics in your forties or fifties.
Read note →I didn’t think much about airway in residency. Then private practice — and, eventually, my own diagnosis — taught me how a bite, a jaw, and a breathing problem are the same story told three different ways.
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A record on the turntable somewhere between cool jazz and heavier riffs, a guitar in hand when the playlist isn’t enough, a padel court on weekends, tennis when the schedule allows, and a gym habit to keep the rest in balance. If you’re one of my secondary-school patients, fair warning — I’ll ask what you’re watching, reading, or playing, and I’ll have an opinion.
I’ve been on dental mission trips since my undergraduate years — once treating patients in Kunming, China with little more than the essentials. Care, where it’s needed, with what’s on hand.
A taste that runs from cool jazz standards to heavier riffs. Same six strings, very different evenings.
The orthodontic version of cross-training. Steady hands need a steady core.
A backlog I keep promising to finish. Common ground with my secondary-school patients, and a decent icebreaker for everyone else.
National University of Singapore
NUS · Alexandra Health Scholarship
Edinburgh
Orthodontics · Khoo Teck Puat Hospital