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I had IBraces put on in San Diego. I don't have a recommendation as my lingual braces experience was a nightmare. Actually I don't even recommend lBraces, but that could be because my orthodontist was inexperienced and didn't tell me until after the mess he did on my teeth.

Thanks for your response.
You seems to be in good hands with your ortho.
Mine was so lost in the treatment that after eight months with Ibraces he removed them and put traditional braces on....and no impressions were taken for the traditional braces.

My treatment is finished and it was a failure. I asked the ortho for my dental records. He sent them to me but not the model. I then requested the model. He doesn't have the model to give to me because he doesn't take model of any of his patient. That got me confused as I clearly remember having the...

How common is it for an orthodontist not to take models before start treatment? I had Ibraces.
My orthodontist doesn't take any models of any of his patients.
Have you heard about this anywhere else? Models are not really important?

How common is it for an orthodontist not to take models before (or after treatment)?
My orthodontist doesn't take any models of any of his patients.
Have you heard about this anywhere else? Models are not really important?

I know for a fact that he was removing enamel. He said he was going to shape the teeth to be alighned with the other teeth. This was a tooth that came out of alighted during treatment. This teeth is now darker than the other ones.

Besides many mistakes done by my orthodontist there is one that I am not sure if it is a common procedure like he said so I would like to know who here had it done. After the assistant removed the braces the orthodontist came and shaved a few teeth front and back. I am not talking about the shaving ...

It said that I left the office happy.
Yesterday I signed a consent to have my record sent to me. So I will see if he is trying to cover up something

I had e-mailed him and talked to him a few times about my unhappines with the treatment and with the removal of the braces. I went there to get retainers and was surprised to see on the charts right on my face that I left happy. I lost my temper and he finally got that I was unhappy however I would ...

I am taking him to small claims court to see if I can recuperate the $1.800 that he said was still in the account.

I just couldn't see past metal. So much metal! I saw once my ortho telling a patient that she had to sigh an early release to have her braces removed. In my case there was nothing to sigh. He didn't come to see me until the braces were off. Believe me I do feel stupid now. My case was a succession o...

I had a bad experience with my ortho. I had Ibraces on top and bottom and the result was a disaster. The ortho apologized and return my money (kind of) he than put traditional braces to fix the mess he created. My mother and husband warned me that I should do this fixing with a different ortho. To m...

I had two upper front teeth that I wanted bring in. I guess I want perfection and I am paying the price for such a stupid idea. My mother was right when she said I had too much time and money on my hands. Unfortunally I never heard of teeth getting worse after braces. I think I am the first case eve...

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The braces were removed, the money refunded and I tomorrow I am going for a fourth opinion about my teeth. My smile looks odd after the removal of the braces, my four front teeth are higher than the side teeth the whole upper right are sticking out. I thought invigilign or veneers were going to fix ...