braces !!!!

does any1 have braces or is going to have them and recieved a letter telling them that they might have to pay for the braces??? i had braces years ago and i used to always break the brace, when i finnished my treatment i had retainers but i lost them and i called up and told them but now i recieved a letter telling me to go back and see if i can still recieve the treatment! but i thought that my treatment had finnished years ago. my dentist has always been horrible to me so am kind of scared of going back to tell him i lost my retainers and never finnsihed the treatment properly!!! what do i do???

Reply 1

Vohamanah

16

Yay a braces thread :smile:

I had braces. Hated them. Hated my retainer more. How long has it been since you had to wear your retainer? Did you have a final appointment with them? I had 3 final appointments :rolleyes:

At each of which he said "Come back in 3 months". Then eventually he just said 'Right, you're done', took some photos and sent me on my merry way. He offered me a hammer to bash up my retainer because he knew how much I hated it.

Reply 2

elziebelzie

12

its because the NHS don't pay for cosmetic dental treatment anymore - so basically they'll only pay for it if you really really need it.
luckily, i got mine off in july so i just squeezed in on the NHS but anyone that gets them now has to pay.
if your happy with your teeth then i wouldn't bother continuing with your treatment.
unfortunately, if you have to pay then you have to pay.

Reply 3

Gemz87

1

I have them and hate them - hopefully they'll be off in a few weeks.

Why are retainers bad? I have to have a night one...

Reply 4

rufnek2k6

12

i had braces, theyve been removed now and im havin to wear retainers whilst im asleep only. dont really mind, ther only painful if i leave them for a few days/weeks and then wear them again. I got the treatment paid for by the ever-so generous NHS who are willing to pay for non necessary sex change operations too but are reluctant to pay for necessary surgery, but thats another thread.

Reply 5

snoopy16

OP

am just scared from my dentist cose hes really horrible to me, he will chew my head off when i go and tell him i never wore my retainer becose i lost it!

Reply 6

flimp

I'm n the middle of a 2 month retainer wearing session and they are soooo annoying! Almost prefer my brace, but atleast my retainer is practically invisible!

They are annoying because you have to take them out to eat, not fun in the school canteen "just hang on a second *slips under table* there we go!"

Reply 7

snoopy16

OP

did anyone ever have to go to a review appointment if so what was it like?

Reply 8

Simi008

I've also got the same problem! I had braces ages ago aswell and after my treatment had finished i had an option where i could either where them until i reached 17 or not where them at all. So i decided to wear them for a month afterwards and left it after that, however ,my teeth started to move and now they're not as perfect as before. But the real problem was that my mum had thrown my braces away lol so i couldnt really do anything about it lol!!

Anyways back to the point..... i've gone back to the dentist and i do have to pay for a new treatment. My problem was that i wasnt scared of going to the dentist and telling him what happened but the fact that i was going to have braces AGAIN!!
Why dont u change ur dentist? Get a new practitioner and start all over again if you're scared of original dentist?

(sorry for the long post...if it's long tht is :wink:

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Reply 9

speedstacker

3

I have brace!!! Yae!! it's good to see how well your teeth progress, especiall from a terrible state (like i used to) to a beautiful state(getting there!!)!! I didnt know that i will have to wear a retainer tho. No one tells me. I nearly finish my treatment, my next appointment is Monday!! I remember i started a thread about brace a year ago when i just got it newly cus my lips were bleeding due to the frictions :s-smilie:

Well regarding the OP problem , i guess you just have to attend the appointment and tell your Orthodontist about it; or u could just not turn up(that's if u are happy with the way your teeth are just now). If you're having a hard time over there, transfer to other clinic, or hospital. I transfered to my Uni city because i'm 2 hours away from home.

Reply 10

snoopy16

OP

Simi008

My problem was that i wasnt scared of going to the dentist and telling him what happened but the fact that i was going to have braces AGAIN!!

did you have to pay to have braces again or to have retainers done and if so how much was it??

Reply 11

bex_26797

14

snoopy16

did you have to pay to have braces again or to have retainers done and if so how much was it??

well if you lose retainer, it costs £70!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Reply 12

minionlindz

pinkpinkuk

He offered me a hammer to bash up my retainer because he knew how much I hated it.

I know the feeling. Should've thought of that one myself..... I still have my retainer but don't need to wear it anymore, so I might be taking a hammer to them soon :p:

It's definitely worth it though; my teeth are so much better than they were. Still, I don't think you should have to pay for them, that's ridiculous - especially with the huge amount of money-wasting the NHS does. (Unless of course you had practically perfect teeth, and didn't need them done.. in which case it's fair enough).

Reply 13

~tifa

10

retainers are worse...annoying things.
not sure if you have to pay though...hmm

Reply 14

hannah_dru

2

Train tracks are horrible! Retainers are much worse though. I wore mine from year 9 to the middle of year 13 cos my teeth are so slow to adapt. They were gross!!

Isn't there some kind of rule whereby if you've broken the brace 5 times then you have to pay? I don't know. I think I remember a topic about braces from a while ago.

Reply 15

kitty_koo

12

speedstacker

I have brace!!! Yae!! it's good to see how well your teeth progress, especiall from a terrible state (like i used to) to a beautiful state(getting there!!)!! I didnt know that i will have to wear a retainer tho. No one tells me. I nearly finish my treatment, my next appointment is Monday!! I remember i started a thread about brace a year ago when i just got it newly cus my lips were bleeding due to the frictions :s-smilie:

Well regarding the OP problem , i guess you just have to attend the appointment and tell your Orthodontist about it; or u could just not turn up(that's if u are happy with the way your teeth are just now). If you're having a hard time over there, transfer to other clinic, or hospital. I transfered to my Uni city because i'm 2 hours away from home.

you will have to have retainers after youve had your braces taken off coz otherwise your teeth will go back to how they were before :frown:

i have to wear retainers at night, i had my braces off over a year ago and my dentist told me to keep wearing my retainers until my early 20's! :eek:

Reply 16

LinziP123

i'm 19 and i have braces, just on the top jaw, i had them when i was younger to straighten them a bit but i was unhappy with a gap left. They're not very nice and i felt really self conscious when i first had them but i forget about them now and most people don't seem to notice really! I think it's worth having them as you have the results for the rest of your life. I get them for free though, i think if i had to pay and it was for a big problem then i would.

Reply 17

Gemz87

1

I was really psyched to lose the train tracks and move onto a night retainer, now I'm not so sure

Reply 18

kitty_koo

12

Gemz87

I was really psyched to lose the train tracks and move onto a night retainer, now I'm not so sure

;console; what are you not sure about?

i was so glad to finally have my train tracks taken off- id had them for 4 years and was starting to feel like id never get rid of them :frown:

Reply 19

Gemz87

1

The posts here make it sound like it's worse!

I've had mine 2 years, 7 months so sick of them. I've had them all my adult life :frown:

braces !!!!

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