Metal Mouth Message Board

1. Where are you located? Long Island, NY
2. How much are you paying for your braces? 3375
3. What kind of braces do you have? Metal
4. What is your estimated time in braces? 16months

This is for bottom only and includes the cost of top and bottom retainers as well as all visits excluding the initial consultation. Additionally I had to pay $385 to an oral surgeon for extraction of one tooth.

1. Where are you located? Sydney, Australia
2. How much are you paying for your braces? Just under $8000 (braces costs only, excluding extractions, x-rays etc)
3. What kind of braces do you have? Ceramic tops, Metal lowers
4. What is your estimated time in braces? initially 18-24 months, its now estimated that my braces will come off second half of this year and I've had my braces for 24 months now.

1. Where are you located? Ontario, Canada
2. How much are you paying for your braces? $3800
3. What kind of braces do you have? Metal
4. What is your estimated time in braces? 20 months

Paying out of pocket, used up all my ortho insurance long ago.. Second set of braces, first set was like $5200 but my teeth are fairly straight..second set just to pull everything into perfect alignment before surgery

1. Where are you located? Portland, OR
2. How much are you paying for your braces? ~ $7300 (included everything, records, retainer, etc)
3. What kind of braces do you have? Lingual on the top, self ligating ceramic on the bottom
4. What is your estimated time in braces? 18-24 months

Where are you located? Buffalo, NY
2. How much are you paying for your braces? $3,100 (includes records and retainer but excludes extractions...I need 3)
3. What kind of braces do you have? Metal
4. What is your estimated time in braces? 24 months

1. Where are you located? (city, state) Glasgow, UK
2. How much are you paying for your braces? NHS funding so just need to pay £380 one off fee. Was quoted at least £2900 if NHS refused
3. What kind of braces do you have? (ceramic, metal) metal
4. What is your estimated time in braces? two years

1. College Station, TX
2. $4655. This is $4900 with a 5% discount when paid in full up front
3. Metal
4. 18 - 24 months

1. Where are you located? Central Pennsylvania, USA
2. How much are you paying for your braces? 5,200, Ins pays 3k I pay rest
3. What kind of braces do you have? Metal \m/
4. What is your estimated time in braces? 24 Months, possibly longer if surgery is needed (surgery is the last resort we are hoping the braces will be able to close my open bite, if not, we'll look at surgery)

full metal upper an lowers with 4 elastics 3.700 for 2 years

1. Where are you located? Seattle area, WA
2. How much are you paying for your braces? 6950 (regardless of type of braces I wanted), includes everything.
3. What kind of braces do you have? Damon clear (actually getting them tomorrow!)
4. What is your estimated time in braces? "a little less than 2 years)

1. Where are you located? Honolulu, HI
2. How much are you paying for your braces? $5,775, which includes all equipment, xrays, appointments, retainers
3. What kind of braces do you have? Damon metal SL, upper and lower
4. What is your estimated time in braces? Approximately 24 months. Been having problems keeping my spacers in (they either break or I eat them), but doc said that shouldn't add any time to my initial treatment plan. He said it's pretty straight-forward: Extract one premolar, move the teeth over to close the gap, and move them back to minimize the overjet.

-Cathy

Wow, it seems the west coast of the US is a lot more expensive than the east. :/ Wish I'd known.

1. Where are you located? (city, state) Sequim, WA
2. How much are you paying for your braces? $6,450, which includes everything, plus $600 for extractions before bracing
3. What kind of braces do you have? (ceramic, metal) Metal
4. What is your estimated time in braces? About 2 years

1. Where are you located? UK
2. How much are you paying for your braces? £3400
3. What kind of braces do you have? Will have all ceramic as they wont do some metal/ some ceramic
4. What is your estimated time in braces? 2 yrs then surgery then 6 months then retainer for a year.

Located : Trinidad (Caribbean)
Cost: $30,000 (equivalent to USD 5,000)
Type: Will be getting all metal
Time: Supposedly 18-24 months

1. Nairobi, Kenya
2. About USD 1,500 so far, no insurance
3. Full metal
4. 18 to 24 months