Metal Mouth Message Board

[quote="jodyxlee"]Welcome :)
I've had braces for 1 week although it feels like much longer haha.[/quote]

I feel your pain. I'm at 4 days and I'm sore.

[quote="ItsFreyja"][quote="Tyrantblade"][quote="WVJordan"]I went for my consult, they did my records that day, and then the ortho said "Hey we have time today if you want to throw your top braces on there." I obliged :)[/quote] My ortho office even took hours ...

I just got mine a few days ago, but I'm about 10 years younger at 26. I was quoted 24 months as well, but if I couldn't get insurance to cover lower jaw surgery, it'd be 30 months due to having to extract teeth.

Thanks for the responses. Hopefully the lady in PA (I'm in WV) was meaning that they deny a lot of out of state claims. But Anthem BCBS is based out of Pittsburgh I believe, which is where I want this surgery done, and considered in-network. Who knows. Hopefully someone can get it covered. I will no...

I was told 24 months. I need lower jaw surgery as well to correct a pretty severe overjet.

I went for my consult, they did my records that day, and then the ortho said "Hey we have time today if you want to throw your top braces on there." I obliged :)

I was the same as you. I am very impatient and wanted them on now, but knew I had to wait. I went in for my consultation and the ortho said "We can throw your tops on today if you want." I was ecstatic. Never in a million years did I expect to get the braces the same day as my first consul...

I have Anthem BCBS through my employer and looked up their guidelines on Orthognathic surgery. They allow it if it is deemed medically necessary and they have a list of criteria. I meet the criteria by having a >5mm overjet. I called up the oral surgeon my Ortho recommended (in a neighboring state) ...

I am fortunate I work in a pretty sparsely populated office setting, so I just sneak to the bathroom twice a day and brush my teeth.