Offspring, braces £3k?
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It appears you now have sweet f
k-all chance of getting braces on the nhs unless your teeth are greater than 6mm gaps etc + stick out like a donkey.
So cost is £2.8k for metal ones, 300 sovs more for (different colour, I think). The clinic has very good reviews and seems well liked and is well established so no reason to doubt.
Any thoughts? For number 1 daughter aged 12, probably 13 when we go for it.
k-all chance of getting braces on the nhs unless your teeth are greater than 6mm gaps etc + stick out like a donkey.So cost is £2.8k for metal ones, 300 sovs more for (different colour, I think). The clinic has very good reviews and seems well liked and is well established so no reason to doubt.
Any thoughts? For number 1 daughter aged 12, probably 13 when we go for it.
I just paid a bit over £3k for my girlfriend to have the braces done, so seems about right I guess.
Get it done now, so they dont need it later. Was very painful for her as she's 30, and had to have them regularly messed around with, plus because she waited so long, a couple of teeth have had to be removed, and veneers put on the top row, that's gonna be a further £2.5k.
Get it done now, so they dont need it later. Was very painful for her as she's 30, and had to have them regularly messed around with, plus because she waited so long, a couple of teeth have had to be removed, and veneers put on the top row, that's gonna be a further £2.5k.
RichTT said:
Had some pretty extreme orthodontistry and braces when I was a kid. The hassle is well worth the end results.
This - I was full on elastic bands and bits of wire as a kid - its something I never appreciated and hated going (to this day I have no idea what my parents paid...), but the results now that I am mid 30s are something that I am grateful for - I used to have an impressive salmon jaw, now I have normal stty British teeth, not a wonky row of tombstones and a underbite that you could sail a yacht through.NickCQ said:
I am not a dentist, but my experience is if you have them done as a teenager your teeth get screwed up again by wisdom teeth and you'll have to have braces again in your 20's.
Wisdom teeth have no effect. Not wearing a retainer, if needed, is likely cause of relapse later.CoolHands said:
It appears you now have sweet fk-all chance of getting braces on the nhs unless your teeth are greater than 6mm gaps etc + stick out like a donkey.
So cost is £2.8k for metal ones, 300 sovs more for (different colour, I think). The clinic has very good reviews and seems well liked and is well established so no reason to doubt.
Any thoughts? For number 1 daughter aged 12, probably 13 when we go for it.
I don't do ortho, but this is about right for what they charge.k-all chance of getting braces on the nhs unless your teeth are greater than 6mm gaps etc + stick out like a donkey.So cost is £2.8k for metal ones, 300 sovs more for (different colour, I think). The clinic has very good reviews and seems well liked and is well established so no reason to doubt.
Any thoughts? For number 1 daughter aged 12, probably 13 when we go for it.
NickCQ said:
Rollin said:
Wisdom teeth have no effect. Not wearing a retainer, if needed, is likely cause of relapse later.
If the original issue was crowding and your wisdom teeth come in horizontally like mine did, they do! At least that was what my dentist said at the time.Blakeatron said:
My 11 year old daughter has just been approved for nhs braces, under recommendation from our private dentist.
She has a severe overbite and very wonky front teeth, however it was very close that were not going to qualify.
Her date has been set for early Feb
The referral criteria were changed a number of years ago. Teeth have to be quite bad now to get NHS treatment.She has a severe overbite and very wonky front teeth, however it was very close that were not going to qualify.
Her date has been set for early Feb
Rollin said:
NickCQ said:
I am not a dentist, but my experience is if you have them done as a teenager your teeth get screwed up again by wisdom teeth and you'll have to have braces again in your 20's.
Wisdom teeth have no effect. Not wearing a retainer, if needed, is likely cause of relapse later.Long story short, it's never too late and retainers are important.
NickCQ said:
I am not a dentist, but my experience is if you have them done as a teenager your teeth get screwed up again by wisdom teeth and you'll have to have braces again in your 20's.
Not my experience. I had quite a lot of work done with braces, and had 4 teeth removed to make space, and my wisdom teeth have made no difference at all. I have worn a retainer at night since I was a teen, something which I had planned to change but COVID has delayed all that.
Even if you're paying for this in the UK, it's still much cheaper than many other countries.
I've had to pay for both daughters' braces, and the youngest also needs 2 implants at the end of 2021, that we will also have to pay for. Eldest's braces came off only 2 months ago after 5 years of treatment, youngest should be done at the end of this year. It'll have cost about €20k for both of them, with only a proportion covered by the govt health scheme here.
The immense difference it makes to their confidence and being able to smile makes it worth every penny, IMO.
I've had to pay for both daughters' braces, and the youngest also needs 2 implants at the end of 2021, that we will also have to pay for. Eldest's braces came off only 2 months ago after 5 years of treatment, youngest should be done at the end of this year. It'll have cost about €20k for both of them, with only a proportion covered by the govt health scheme here.
The immense difference it makes to their confidence and being able to smile makes it worth every penny, IMO.
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