Metal Mouth Message Board

[quote="ItsFreyja"]Your teeth look great! But yes, that's definitely a gap! Since it sounds like you're stuck with this ortho, maybe see if you can get a meeting with her and another ortho in the practice, or her and the head of the practice. It's kind of hard to tell in the picture but I ...

[quote="ItsFreyja"][quote="braces111"]Also can someone from UK help me out with complaining as I dont know who else to complain to![/quote] In my opinion, 3 years is a long time to close gaps in a not-very-complicated treatment, if that's what yours has been. I think you are tota...

[quote="NeilH"]Hi, you said your teeth weren't too bad to begin with but in the UK, the NHS introduced an Index of Theraputic Need (IOTN) a while ago whereby only the most severe cases would be funded. This would suggest that maybe your case isn't as simple as you think and three years may...

[quote="ItsFreyja"][quote="braces111"]So you're saying I should have a consultation with a private ortho? That would be a good idea but they might just tell me to buy their service even if I might not need it.[/quote] Only you can weigh the cost to you (in inconvenience, appearan...

[quote="ItsFreyja"]This sounds really frustrating! Hopefully some of the UK folks here can weigh in. (Part of the problem may be that an NHS orthodontist keeps getting paid by the NHS for as long as you're in treatment, while a private orthodontist has a financial incentive to finish up yo...

I had 4 of my teeth extracted before I got my braces and 3 of them are now closed I think. But 1 gap still remains. Its big enough to fit the top my pinky finger in. So I dont really think its closed at all, it may have closed up a tiny bit but I cant notice it with a naked eye. 1 more month is left...