No — that is the main reason people end up here. Most of the well-known options are camera apps you download, sign into, and then find watermark the export. This runs in the browser with free credits to start, so you can upload a photo and see the result without installing anything.

Yes. The model reads the individual teeth in your photo and bonds a bracket to each visible one, with a wire across them and light catching the metal. That is different from a flat overlay graphic, which sits on top of the image and slides out of place the moment your head is at an angle.

Yes — ask for it directly. Upload a photo of yourself already wearing them and request that the hardware be taken off, and you get a preview of the finished smile. It shows the teeth without brackets; it does not predict how far your teeth will move by the end of treatment.

As much as you can manage — this is the one thing that decides the result. The model bonds a bracket to each tooth it can actually see, so a wide open smile shot straight on in even light gives it the most to work with. Closed lips give it nothing to attach to, and heavy shadow across the mouth, a steep side angle or a heavily compressed crop all cost you individual teeth at the edges, where the wire tends to look wrong first.

Yes. Say what you want in the prompt — metal or clear ceramic brackets, a specific elastic colour, top and bottom or upper only. A run you do not like costs nothing to redo, so trying a few colours is free beyond the time.

No, and it should not be used as one. It shows what the hardware looks like on your face today. It does not model tooth movement, treatment length, or the clinical outcome — those come from an orthodontist looking at your actual bite and X-rays.

The credit estimate appears before you generate and updates with the format and resolution you choose, so the cost is visible first. Failed runs are never charged, and new accounts start with free credits — enough to try the look and judge it before spending anything.