Metal Mouth Message Board

OMG 8 years

Hi, I couldn't really say if the NHS would agree to treat you but if yours is similar to mine, which I think is quite a significant underbite, then I would have thought so. I also had overcrowding and had 6 teeth removed, which is another thing I think they look for. Basically if your bite/teeth co...

i have a similar underbite to yours approx 8-10mm, so do you think i would qualify for braces on the NHS?

thanks for all the replies again, made a few calls today mainly to orthodontic specialists in the northwest area and yes as i expected nhs work is only available through them if under 18, was told to call nhs direct who told me that none of the nhs dentists in the trafford area were excepting new pa...

thanks for all the replies again, made a few calls today mainly to orthodontic specialists in the northwest area and yes as i expected nhs work is only available through them if under 18, was told to call nhs direct who told me that none of the nhs dentists in the trafford area were excepting new pa...

hi KriegeR well you've answered alot of the questions and thoughts i've had in my mind thanks, as you probably guessed years of never seeing a dentist means my teeth arent in good shape & along with what i would say is a very bad underbite which may also be the reason why my jaws lock if i yawn ...

hello, been a reader on here now since june'05 but not had it in me to start a thread..... untill now . ok here goes , ever since my early teens i have known i would need a brace, yet i avoided that fate through my teen years and into adulthood ,stupid i know, i guess it was the same old thought of ...

hello just a few questions if anyone can help me with? i havent been to see a dentist in years and now i want to push myself into getting what i've known i needed years ago...... a Brace! first question is it possible to get it done through the nhs?, i've got plans that if i cant get them through th...