Just came back from kid's First Orthodontic Appt

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They had me on the hook until they started referring to their treatment options as "investments"

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The father fixes her teeth, the husband pays for the boob job. The second husband gets the benefit of both.

Does the orthodontist ever tell someone they don’t need braces?

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They had me on the hook until they started referring to their treatment options as "investments"
The frick

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pediatric orthodontics was a racket when my kids were small, who recommends braces for baby teeth?

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Just came back from kid's First Orthodontic Appt

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Reminds me of that old corny joke about, "I just flew in from _____ and boy are my arms tired!"

Your version would be, "I just came back from kid's First Orthodontic Appt and boy is my a-hole hurting."

It is an investment in your kid having nice chompers as opposed to a messed up grill for life.

Our first of three that will need braces just started on them.

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It is an investment in your kid having nice chompers as opposed to a messed up grill for life.

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our neighborhood was too rough for me to have braces as a kid

It's an investment for him and his colleagues as they now have a customer for life. The gum damage that will occur, even with good hygiene, will have your kid in periodontists and eventually oral surgeons, and implant specialists decades down the road in an effort to keep their own teeth.

wait until they pull them off and then tell you round two is coming in 18 months.

Max out those HSA contributions.

Also the clear plastic stuff is as cheap as the old hardware, you just need to find one who does it. They make you weekly ones and mail them out, then after a while you're done. I had to deal with Billy Cannon's giant fingers in my mouth moving metal and ceramic around.