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#1 Post by **mun** » Tue Apr 03, 2007 10:56 am

hi everyone..

i think i need some consolation. when i first started my treatment, i signed my contract without looking at every details.well, i was organizing my files the other day and noticed that my prognosis says "fair". there is "excellent", "good", "average", "fair" and "poor"...and i only got fair...

so i will go through all that hassle, spend nearly $10,000 to have "fair" teeth..

next time, i will ask my ortho if he is around. that's another thing, i don't get to talk to him much because he is never around; i can only ask the technician but i don't think they know more than they are told.

anyway, i feel pretty hopeless..

#2 Post by **Lillers** » Tue Apr 03, 2007 1:01 pm

Aww, that's a drag. I don't know what to suggest except maybe give your ortho a call and ask him or her to clarify exactly what is meant by *fair*. Could it be that additional treatment would up the prognosis to *good* or even *excellent*? Don't give up hope!

#3 Post by **itsjustme** » Sun Apr 15, 2007 10:59 am

Thats a downer.

I agree, you should speak with your ortho about this. Hopefully his idea of "fair" is another ortho's "good," and he may just be a perfectionist and feel that anything better is extremely rare? Hope it works out!

#4 Post by **jake** » Wed Apr 18, 2007 7:45 pm

I'd set a meeting with your ortho and tell him/her all your concerns. You are spending a lot of money and this is your body you are talking about. Have him explain everything to you, it will ease your mind.

#5 Post by **mun** » Mon Apr 23, 2007 12:25 pm

Thanks everyone. I finally talked to my ortho last friday. Well, he tried to explain that it would be "fair" if i didn't follow the directions, missed appointments etc. so "fair" is the worst case scenario. And he also said he didn't "circle" that; probably the person who put my contract together did it.

So it was nice to hear that they won't end up being "fair" at least. Why they would "circle" the worst case scenario doesn't make much sense. My boyfriend got braces at the same time and his is "good", so that'd mean he'd have good teeth even if he didn't comply with the instructions

I think it was just a mistake or something, or they wanted to cover themselves IF my teeth actually don't turn out perfect

But i really trust my ortho and his experience, and i trust it when he says "they will be good at the end". He seems like someone who takes pride on his work.

So i am less worried now, although in the back of my head i have a little bit doubt. But i assume everyone feels the same.

#6 Post by **BlahBlah** » Mon Apr 23, 2007 5:24 pm

Wow so you and ur boyfriend started this journey at the same time... how cuteee!!!! Getting ready to smile in your wedding photos aye

#7 Post by **mun** » Fri Apr 27, 2007 4:16 pm

YES! we want to look our bests at our wedding

we keep saying we should have started at least a year ago, but i am just happy that we startes sooner than later.

And it helps so much to go through this together, we understand each other's pains and eating troubles etc, although we have different types of braces. It is great

Everyone! convince your spouses or best friends to have braces too..together for a straighter teethed world!

#8 Post by **BlahBlah** » Mon Apr 30, 2007 5:14 pm

Well my boyfriend has never had braces, and his teeth are fine and he doesn't even look after them so much! I don't know the technical side of teeth, but from what i can see, they look good to me and it's just no fair some people have it so easy!!!! hehe

Oh well, as i keep reminding him and myself and everyone else, i can't wait 'til my teeth look better than his lol