Metal Mouth Message Board

Thank you so much for your responses! I had one more question... i know i dont want invisalign because i think i would be lazy about wearing it. His website says clear and metal are the same price but i had convonced myself i would be ok with clear only being on top to save money, to the point that...

2 appointments left, 1st, late next month is to make sure i have enough space for the implants i will need to get (a front tooth and a molar in the top left); and then my Debrace date is in November. I wish i didnt still have to keep putting elastics on (this time in sort of a right triangle shape f...

"Estimated" treatment time is just that, estimated, i think the people that qualify for Invisalign in general have easier cases thus allowing for shorter treatment times (again though, estimated, not true), compared to harder, more complicated cases that result in longer treatment times. T...

I just got braces and I never got to choose what kind! I wanted colors but I got all silver ones so I guess they are a thing. I have really messed up teeth though so that might be a reason. I asked my mom and she said that there is a different kind for every problem so I guess I got metal ones bc o...

I know it sucks at first, but give it a couple weeks and then it wont be so bad, better yet you will pretty much be used to it all in a few months.

Hello! I am in Mexico right now and would like to get braces in Mexico City. I am so scared of getting braces again, as it is the second time around, since adolescence! It's to correct the big mistake made when I was a teenager, where the orthodontist destroyed my smile. Can anyone recommend an abs...

Braces in Mexico would only be cheaper if you lived super close.

If you had to fly out or drive from states away, the savings you could get would be negated by costs of traveling.

Yeah it would be best to wait since there are uncertainties as to how you would get anything done if anything were to break off. You have a long time ahead of you that you can get braces and do the full treatment; so no need to get treatment now and only be able to do it partially before heading ove...

My total was $6000 for 2 years of treatment, i did $1200 down, and then it was $200 a month. Pretty much everybody does the monthly payments because its easy, intrest free, and includes everything (meaning the scheduled appointments, extra appointments if anything breaks or falls off), and retainers).

If your parents are paying you really should stick it out, the cost is the thing i hated the most because my parents didnt have the money when i was supposed to get them, you should see it as a blessing; not having to pay thousands, my cost was $6000 for 2 years of treatment. But as i said, i cant m...

I have self ligating braces. Between when my braces went on and my first appointment is 10 weeks. My next appointment after that is 6 weeks apart. That's a long time between appointments...maybe ask the orthodontist? 1.5 months apart if pretty standard for traditional braces, it seems short for sel...

Ik what ur saying, about waiting a few weeks, I only really wanted braces because it seem simple. But the maintenance for braces is a lot. I'm in HS and I want to just have fun and not worry about if my teeth will hurt. My friend and sister have braces and I talk to them before I got them, and they...

It doesn't really "change teeth length", it makes it seem like certain teeth are longer by pulling them up/down to where they need to be (if the problem is an up and down one instead of being an angle thing). An upside down triangle specifically would bring the bottom tooth into the middle...

Smg373 wrote:So if the contract says I have to pay the balance due to get my braces off after like a week of having them. I have to pay the full amount

If its not an absurd amount sure, like the charge shouldn't be anywhere close to the full course of treatment.

To be honest the first few months are the worst, then it gets a little easier slowly, for me it was like once i got past a year the pain was almost nothing compared to the first few months; eventually to the point that i could chew food the same day with minor discomfort. Also elastics only really c...