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Braces

  • 16-05-2009 6:59pm
    #1
    Sqaull20
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,044 ✭✭✭


    Just wondering the cost of getting a set of brackes for my bottom teeth, I have VHI dental insurance but I dont think that covers much.I know I will have to pay a fortune, but at 22 I really have to get it done.I hear its alot cheaper to go to the north, but I am in Limerick and by the time I get the brace out it will have cost me a fortune on travel expenses.I have an appointment on tuesday with my dentist and want to know my stuff :)


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  • #2
    vishal
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 698 ✭✭✭vishal


    it's rare enough that you can do just one arch of treatment because the orthodontist has to coordinate how the teeth fit together.

    treating one arch is usually just a comprise and you may have to accept a deep bite.


  • #3
    Jemmy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,385 ✭✭✭Jemmy


    If you get a fixed brace you will have to go back every 6wks so that means a trip up north everytime.


  • #4
    Sqaull20
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    Jemmy wrote: »
    If you get a fixed brace you will have to go back every 6wks so that means a trip up north everytime.

    Thats what I thought as well:o A friend of mine told me it was alot cheaper to get it done there.Can you not get an orthodontist in munster to take over the job?


  • #5
    cormie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,848 ✭✭✭✭cormie


    Just saw this on the google ads: http://www.6monthbraces.ie/index.html

    any thoughts on it?


  • #6
    btkm8unsl0w5r4
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,535 ✭✭✭btkm8unsl0w5r4


    Sqaull20 wrote: »
    Thats what I thought as well:o A friend of mine told me it was alot cheaper to get it done there.Can you not get an orthodontist in munster to take over the job?

    Why would a orthodontist in munster want to take responsibility for some body elses work?


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  • #7
    btkm8unsl0w5r4
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,535 ✭✭✭btkm8unsl0w5r4


    cormie wrote: »
    Just saw this on the google ads: http://www.6monthbraces.ie/index.html

    any thoughts on it?

    Just check out if the person carrying out the treatment is a proper orthodontist with masters level or above training. If so then you should be fairly safe. There are some more serious orthodontic problems that these kind of braces cannot fix properly.


  • #8
    Poor Uncle Tom
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,547 ✭✭✭✭Poor Uncle Tom


    they work at any age, a friend of mine got them in 2 years ago at 42 yaers old, they worked a treat for her, cost i'm not sure of, though, sorry.


  • #9
    SaraG
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4 ✭SaraG


    Hi,
    Started with a newly opened orthospecialist in mallow. google the web for details. Is a specialist and not a dentist.
    good luck
    Sqaull20 wrote: »
    Thats what I thought as well:o A friend of mine told me it was alot cheaper to get it done there.Can you not get an orthodontist in munster to take over the job?


  • #10
    Plek Trum
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,074 ✭✭✭Plek Trum


    SaraG wrote: »
    Hi,
    Started with a newly opened orthospecialist in mallow. google the web for details. Is a specialist and not a dentist.
    good luck

    SaraG - there is somewhat of a difference between 'specialist' and fully qualified and experienced Othodontist. Speaking from experience of a family member who had work done in Mallow (because it was cheaper), it may be worth checking actual qualifications and quality of work. I am not saying it is the same person but I am saying you cannot beat experience. If you are committed to ortho, you might as well have a perfect finish.


  • #11
    Faith+1
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    I got tops and bottoms, It cost me roughly 4000 plus 1000 to get my wisdom teeth out first. If you pay PRSI you can claim back on the med 2 form. Simply ask your dentist to fill it out for you. I think you get 10% back, it's not alot but it's still less money for the taxman!


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  • #12
    SaraG
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4 ✭SaraG


    Plek Trum wrote: »
    SaraG - there is somewhat of a difference between 'specialist' and fully qualified and experienced Othodontist. Speaking from experience of a family member who had work done in Mallow (because it was cheaper), it may be worth checking actual qualifications and quality of work. I am not saying it is the same person but I am saying you cannot beat experience. If you are committed to ortho, you might as well have a perfect finish.

    Hi Plek Trum. Thanks for the post and advice. I checked before I started so I can clarify this for you. You can only call yourself a "specialist/orthodontist" if you are on the specialist register with the dental council. This requires at least 3 years of full-time training in a recognised european training program in orthodontics after dental qualification. Some of the general dentists do braces 'cos they were on weekend courses or picked it up on the way. I went to this guy 'cos he is registered and was cheaper than the general dentist quote that I got.
    Thanks again for the advice, as you say, you might as well have a perfect finish, though it doen't always have to be more expensive as in my case!


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