Daughter needs braces

[taximomfor4]

I feel the pain.



Now at least I know about implants as dd14 will need a couple after age 18 and done growing as she is congenitally missing her permanent teeth in two spots. By then I will be done with paying for mine and can start on hers.

My sister is congenitally missing 2 teeth as well (the ones on either side of her 2 front teeth). WIthout the full set of adult teeth, she didn't have the crowding the rest of us had so she never had to get braces!!

 

[IDoDis]

DS (9 yr. old) finished phase one of his treatment last month. He only had braces on the top and that cost us $2600 out of pocket. The insurance paid the other $1000.00. He only wore the braces for 10 months. He'll need phase 2 when all of his permanent teeth & molars are in -- probably in 2 to three years.

The insurance only pays once in a lifetime for braces, so for phase two, we'll have to pay all of it and it will be top and bottom for about 18 months.

DD will be getting her braces on tat the end of this month. She's having the pictures and x-rays taken on May 10th, so I'll know the price on that day. He said she'll need top and bottom for about a year. I'm guessing $4500.00.

We went in today for the evaluation & price quote (I was off on the date by 2 days). The total is going to be $5250 for only 9-12 months worth of treatment! Looking at the pictures they took, DD's teeth are totallly straight except for one of her eye teeth on top (a bit crooked) and the two eye teeth on the bottom area also a bit off. She also has her two front teeth being a bit longer than the rest of the front teeth which the ortho said he could fix. But $5400 for just that?! No spacers, no teeth pulled and he said she may not even need rubber bands! The worst news was that this ortho is no longer accepting our dental insurance due to too many stipulations that the insurance agency is putting on him. So, we'd have to pay all of it OOP! They were going to give us a "discount" of $300 for this being the 2nd child, but I really question that "discount." I know how that works because I used to sell cars.

DD's teeth are really not THAT BAD at all. Like I said, just the eye teeth are slightly out of whack. I called another ortho and they had a cancelation on Monday, so I am going to take her there and get their info & pricing. The receptionist said they do take our insurance which will pay $1000.00. DD was crushed today when I didn't sign on the dotted line. She was looking forward to the coffee mug they give out with the teeth that "grow" braces" and all of the candy that is in the mug. They basically say, "eat it now because next week you can say "bye bye" to this stuff." I told her if I can save the $1000 from the insurance, I could buy her a boatload of mugs and candy!

 

[mjkacmom]

All 5 of mine need them, $5,000 each, $1,500 reinbursed by dental plan.