Metal Mouth Message Board

Mississippi, USA
34 years old

I'm from the UK - one of the southern suburbs of London, aged 25

I know a few adults who have had braces...fortunately I've been been able to afford to go with lingual braces on top and ceramic on bottom so nobody notices.

My ortho has been great, the initial consultation was free of charge and I went for a 20 month interest free payment plan, I've only got 8 payments left to go woohoo!

Have been in the braces for a year, hoping to have them off come spring time.

And I'm exactly the same with suddenly turning critical of other people's teeth - it's awful! Although I guess I've earned the right to have an opinion?!

28 from Alexandria, VA Brace Date is 1/14 @ 9:30 my cost is 5275 I'm taking a 20 month interest free payment plan. First Consultation was free

I'm living in North West Arkansas and my dental insurance doesn't cover anything orthodontic for members over 24. I'm 28, so boo to them! My medical insurance claims they'll pay $2500 but my ortho's assistant informed me that it's a long process to get med insurance to pay and there are no guarentees. My treatment is costing me $5275 and I had to take a part time job (I'm a stay at home mom with two little girls) to pay for this. As long as it saves my teeth, I'm willing to do whatever it takes, just wish it wasn't so hard to get insurance to do what they're suppose to do... we pay them like we're suppose to, they should live up to their side of the bargain when we need them.

SoCal (Southern California).. and I don't think it's the "norm" here.. I've known a few adults with braces, but it doesn't seem to be the usual. Here, it seems that most have had braces when they were younger.

My family, none of us kids had braces.. now I have braces the same time as my niece!

I'm from Ohio. Being the super smart individual I am, I waited until I turned 23 and got kicked off dad's insurance to get braces... so now paying for it all myself! Yayyy. LOL. I could have continued dental insurance for $150 a month, but it only would've covered $1000 of orthodontics, so not worth it.

I know one girl in my college has braces, but that's it. One of my sorority sisters had braces when we were in undergrad... those are really the only two I can think of. Boyfriend said one of his professors has braces. Not many of us!

I'm from scotland

From the U.S.A., Philadelphia PA!

I'm in the US! Las Vegas, NV to be exact. I'm so not doing what my parents did to me by never dealing with my impacted canine to my child. I'm 25 and finally finishing up my go around in braces (paid out of pocket for everything on my own!). If my child needs braces she is getting it taken care of before she gets out of high school.

I'm from Boston Massachusetts, US. But my treatment in braces is in Kansas because we are stationed here as a military family. My insurance (Tricare Dental/United Concordia) Does Not cover orthodontics for myself, only if you're under 23 years old, (which I am not) they Only pay $1,500. Not much at all. I had to pay for all my Orthodontic expenses out of pocket and 60% of my 6 tooth extractions also.

I'm from Washington state.

UK! Isle of Man.

washington state, USA.
I don't see a lot of adults wearing braces out and about, except at the ortho's office.