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Help-11 Year old needs braces but can't afford them

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  • #32
    deb123
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    I'm not long back from an orthodontist consult with my 11 year old daughter. Her bottom teeth are severely overcrowded, top mildly overcrowded and she has a slight overbite. I expected that she would need 2 teeth removed from the bottom but what I wasn't expecting was that he wants to remove two teeth from the top also. Our regular dentist was talking about using braces to encourage her jaw to grow a certain way but the orthodontist was quite dismissive of this idea. I'm feeling a little lost! Does anyone have any experience of orthodontics encouraging bone growth?


  • #33
    happyday
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    grindelwald wrote: »
    Speak to your local dental childrens clinic. the clinic the school sends them too they normally see kids in 2nd class and only for emergencies or for treatment after that. They will measure the overbite, less than 10mm and she probably wont get free braces.

    This is the way to go. I rang the clinic myself each time my son and daughter needed treatment. My own dentist told me to as you can get fissure seals for free there and he didn't want to charge me for them. I also got the clinic to refer my son to the orthodontic section and he has braces now. They have cleared the backlog in Cork and are seeing far less severe cases now than previously.

    Medical cards do not cover you for orthodontic treatment and you do not have to have one to get this service for your children.


  • #34
    day dreamer
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    Hi Deb123

    It isnt possible to give an opinion about what the dentist and orthodontist said to you without examining your child.

    From what you say there is a lot of lower crowding. I think you did the right thing by going to the dentist and then you were referrred to an orthodontist.

    If you think about it, the dentist is not providing the treatment because they have referred you on to a specialist. The dentist was probably just giving an opinion but ultimatley it is the orthodontist who has offered the treatment and will have to stand over it. If you are unhappy with what the orthodontist said then discuss your concerns with the orthodontist or the dentist or ask the dentist for a referral to another orthodontist for a 2nd opinion


  • #35
    Stringvest
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    Bella mamma wrote: »
    Hi there. After getting a dentist's reply above (Fitzgeme) telling me "4k could be very good price? Is 50 euro a good price for a meal, depends on the meal doesn't it. Your not buying braces, your buying the professional service of having her teeth straightened", I thought 'What a ridiculous reply! :confused:'', thou I had actually read it here before when I searched.

    Why would a dentist who previously wrote on this thread 1/9/11 ".... the good news is that private orthodontics in the South is now cheaper than ever (and cheaper than the north). A 3 year course of braces with a specialist orthodontist can cost as little as 60-100 euro a month. ....", now think that I/and other readers/posters would like to splash out in Chapter One, when we can have a lovely, satisfying meal in Cafe Bar Deli, €30 versus €13? Answer = we wouldn't. Those days are gone.

    Fitzgeme, I found your reply insulting. Since them I phoned every single Orthodontist listed in the Dublin/Greater Dublin area, and then Leinster. Everyone was quoting €3.6k to €4k. Price fixing??? But you had quoted lower than that on that 1/9/11 post, and this is your job so I wasn't paying that. I was also told by several practices that I needed to get the X-Ray done at 'X Private Clinic' for €80, when this service is available at no charge in a children's hospital. This was acknowledged when I said it but "it might take a few weeks". So???

    Bottom line? You were right and you were wrong. I got the service for €2400 for top/bottom ceramic braces, so you were right on lower prices being available. I just spent a few minutes saying €3.6k to €4k was too expensive. Most places came below, or very close, to €3k. Hey presto when you ask politely! You were wrong to bluntly say €4k might be a very good price. It was nowhere near it. Had I gone with that I would have paid €1600 more. PLUS a €120 consult and €100 extra for ceramic = €1820. A fool and their money are easily parted. We ain't fools on Boards.
    Hi Bella mamma, that sounds like a great deal on the ceramic braces. Could you pass me on the details of the orthodontist please? Thanks


  • #36
    btkm8unsl0w5r4
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    Stringvest wrote: »
    Hi Bella mamma, that sounds like a great deal on the ceramic braces. Could you pass me on the details of the orthodontist please? Thanks

    That poster has not logged onto boards since Feb this year, I doubt you will get a reply. Old thread....closed.


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