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finally, I got my x-ray and mold done. However, I am unsure if I want to go for the whole thing now... My teeth isn't that bad, and I think I can live with it. I have a overbite and crowding, making my top lip jet out a bit, but I can still close my lips. I don't have functional impairment. I guess ...

TX 26, thanks! That was helpful.

By the way, how difficult is it to clean these braces, do you have to spend a long time in the bathroom taking care of the "torture device" after each meal? My dentist quoted me a fee of about $8300. Is this reasonable?

Thanks again.

I have just discovered this site today, thank you all for the great advice! I am thinking of getting braces, probably leaning more toward lingual than ceramic. I have seen a dentist in the bay area, Dr. Andrew Au, any one heard about him? He told me that it's better to put lingual braces on both top...