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First orthodontist appointment for 9yo
Posted on 7/17/23 at 11:21 am
Posted on 7/17/23 at 11:21 am
1k for a ‘corrective appliance’
You ortho baws are running a Gordon level racket
You ortho baws are running a Gordon level racket
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Posted on 7/17/23 at 11:23 am to Water
1k is cheap baw. Just lube thine anus and pay up
Posted on 7/17/23 at 11:24 am to Water
Dude, it get way more worser.
Posted on 7/17/23 at 11:27 am to Water
If your insurance is good it won’t be too bad.
About $2k out of pocket is expected for braces.
About $2k out of pocket is expected for braces.
Posted on 7/17/23 at 11:27 am to Water
I'm an Oral Surgeon, but I work very closely with many Orthodontist. What would you think a reasonable price for ANY appliance would be? They will have to pay a lab bill for the lab to make the appliance. If they have it made in house they will have to pay for the labor and materials.
If they take an impression there are costs involved in that. If they scan instead of impress, there is a huge cost in the scanner. They will have multiple follow up appointments.
They aren't making much on a 1K appliance by the time you figure in overhead, payroll, materials, lab costs, etc.
If they take an impression there are costs involved in that. If they scan instead of impress, there is a huge cost in the scanner. They will have multiple follow up appointments.
They aren't making much on a 1K appliance by the time you figure in overhead, payroll, materials, lab costs, etc.
Posted on 7/17/23 at 11:27 am to Ricardo
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About $4-5k out of pocket is expected for braces.
fify
Posted on 7/17/23 at 11:28 am to Chad504boy
Yea over 6k for my last kid.
Posted on 7/17/23 at 11:31 am to toofache
quote:Boo freaking hoo.
They aren't making much on a 1K appliance by the time you figure in overhead, payroll, materials, lab costs, etc.
I see y’all driving those late model cars back to U-Club baw.
Posted on 7/17/23 at 11:32 am to toofache
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I'm an Oral Surgeon
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by toofache
Name checks out
Posted on 7/17/23 at 11:34 am to Townedrunkard
I'm sure i'll get downvoted like hell, but if your kids ortho cost 6K you are getting tremendous value out of that. Your kid will have a pretty smile and their teeth will be straighter making them easier to care for.
There probably isn't another procedure in all of medicine that takes the amount of clinical time, calendar time, and oversight that comprehensive ortho does at anywhere close to that costs.
People have no problem at all shelling out 1K every 3 months for Botox but balk at spending 5-8K for a very valuable procedure for their kid.
There probably isn't another procedure in all of medicine that takes the amount of clinical time, calendar time, and oversight that comprehensive ortho does at anywhere close to that costs.
People have no problem at all shelling out 1K every 3 months for Botox but balk at spending 5-8K for a very valuable procedure for their kid.
Posted on 7/17/23 at 11:36 am to Water
Smile Direct Club. It's easy, cheap, and does the exact same shite as $7K Invisalign. After a $400 rebate, I think my total was about $1400.
Might be a little hard on 9 year olds though. I think when they're that little, old-school braces are probably the only way to go.
Might be a little hard on 9 year olds though. I think when they're that little, old-school braces are probably the only way to go.
Posted on 7/17/23 at 11:38 am to Water
Why don’t you wait for five more years so you don’t have to have braces twice
Posted on 7/17/23 at 11:38 am to toofache
Never said we weren’t gonna do it, just getting sticker shock.
Like most everything else these days.
Orthodontist was pretty reasonable all things considered
Like most everything else these days.
Orthodontist was pretty reasonable all things considered
Posted on 7/17/23 at 11:39 am to toofache
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I'm an Oral Surgeon
quote:name checks out
toofache
Eta:
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Water
This post was edited on 7/17/23 at 11:40 am
Posted on 7/17/23 at 11:42 am to Giantkiller
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Smile Direct Club. It's easy, cheap, and does the exact same shite as $7K Invisalign. After a $400 rebate, I think my total was about $1400.
Might be a little hard on 9 year olds though. I think when they're that little, old-school braces are probably the only way to go.
I've seen some tragic results from SDC. If a dentist or orthodontist operated the way SDC did, they would lose their license.
A dentist or orthodontist has to make sure that the teeth, gums, and supporting bone structure are healthy enough for orthodontics. How does SDC accomplish this without a dentist/ortho actually looking at xrays or even the mouth and following up throughout treatment?
Just because you can move teeth doesn't mean you should.
In just the past month i've had to extract every tooth in 2 patients mouths who were in SDC that had no business being ortho in the first place.
Posted on 7/17/23 at 11:45 am to toofache
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In just the past month i've had to extract every tooth in 2 patients mouths who were in SDC that had no business being ortho in the first place.
Sucks to pass on shitty genes to your children, sounds costly
Posted on 7/17/23 at 11:46 am to BoogalooCopperpot
That's a great question that I hear a lot. I'm sure there are some orthodontists on here who can explain this better than I can.
There are certain types of movement/expansion of the arches that can only be accomplished prior to about 11 or 12 years old. After that the palate has fused and can no longer be truly expanded. Most kids do not have all of their permanent teeth it prior to this age. You do Phase I of ortho in order to create space so that when all of the permanent teeth have come in they have more room and ortho usually can get a much better result in a shorter amount of time.
There are certain types of movement/expansion of the arches that can only be accomplished prior to about 11 or 12 years old. After that the palate has fused and can no longer be truly expanded. Most kids do not have all of their permanent teeth it prior to this age. You do Phase I of ortho in order to create space so that when all of the permanent teeth have come in they have more room and ortho usually can get a much better result in a shorter amount of time.
Posted on 7/17/23 at 11:51 am to Water
Teeth continue to move well into a person’s 20’s. An orthodontic appliance for a 9 year old seems ridiculous to me. High school juniors and seniors with braces is much more appropriate than a 9 year old but insurance is my thing, not teeth, so I could be well off here.
Posted on 7/17/23 at 11:55 am to TDsngumbo
Thinking back....
Seems like the process continued until graduation.
Seems like the process continued until graduation.
Posted on 7/17/23 at 11:55 am to Water
At one moment in time I had four persons living under my roof who were current orthodontal customers.
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