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I was wondering if anyone else has gone through this, to help me move past my little roadblock. Last week I had my braces of 2 months removed because of chronic technical problems (long story, don't ask, it's on another thread) with the agreement of the ortho (had Damons, am getting ceramic). I am s...

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My concern is the long-term. Will the great results last? I have searched for longitudinal studies on self-ligating/Damon versus conventional looking at at least 5 years out, but the studies aren't there. I'm sure they will come in time, and we will all hope that things stay looking good. I guess I'...

I have no restorations, at al,l in my mouth. I have fillings in the back two teeth upper and lower, right and left., so I was surprised not to be banded initially. I can only speak from my experience, as others do, in that I was told I did not need bands on the molars with Damons, and I do with cera...

meryaten According to my ortho, he didn't need to band my molars because the Damons were smaller than the other brackets and he had more working room. I asked the same question, but because I am going to have the larger brackets, I am being banded on the molars. Just my case, though. Everyone is di...

Short of bringing up another dreaded discussion on Damons, if you are getting damons you often don't need spacers, but not always. I didn't, and went from consultation to braced in 5 days , needing no spacers as all teeth had cemented-on brackets. However, I'm the one who got de-braced within 2 mont...

Probably the best source for peer-reviewed, clinical articles is PubMed.gov. (in the US it is .gov, not sure outside US) It is the database of the US Government's National Insitutes of Health, and has a database of 11 million medical/dental/allied health articles. I did a quick Pubmed of "osteo...

jennielee81 Articles of interest: 1. "Self-ligating brackets: where are we now?" Journal of Orthodontics, 2003 Volume 30, pp. 262-273 (pretty easy to understand article, just right) 2. "Friction of conventional and self-ligating brackets using a 10 bracket model" Angle Orthodont...

Again, I think information is power, so I anticipated being one of the few to dislike the Damons, but I think history is interesting regardless. For those into orthodontic history, the first self-ligating bracket was the "Russell Lock" and an article about it was published in "Int. J....

In terms of conversion, UK 5000 is about 8,700 USD, so we are definitely talking big bucks in either country. I don't know if UK NHS covers braces when done at basic style, but here there is no choice but to pay, and orthos know that. The new ortho I saw today, when I asked about Damon's said that t...

My dentist said he preferred to let oral surgeon do extractions when there might be complications. For me it was a molar with an already-existing root canal which he thought might have been fractured. He wanted to make sure he didn't start extraction to find the root fractured, and make it worse for...

Here's how finances work in the US without insurance. I don't have insurance so I don't know about that and not that many people I know have ortho coverage anyway. Initial Consult: 75% will give it complimentary, regardless of your decision 25% charge from $35-60 USD, in my area, whether you get bra...

If the receptionists do the billing, they'd know who they were ordering from, let alone having marketing reps in from, so they can give you a feel for what the office uses as a reflection of the orthos wishes. Couldn't you still get to talk to the ortho if you did a 15-minute paid consult or somethi...

Probably should call the ortho's office, because I have heard people changing from one to four times a day so the ortho may have something in mind for you. Better safe than sorry on this one, since elastics are pretty important I hear.

Newbie here. What is an RO and what did the first ortho do to you and your boyfriend? From people's responses it sounds pretty serious. I mean, in case the ortho did something really bad and you don't want to talk about it, then don't, but if there is something I should look out for, I'd love to kno...