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I am 35 and have had uneven teeth all my life. For some reason I never got anything done about it when I was younger but want to now. I know it's a crystal ball question but can someone ball-park the cost for me to have corrections. I have what I think is significant mis-alighnment of my upper teeth (particularly my front teeth).

At any time during procedures do people have to be put to sleep or is it routine to do all this with the person awake?

I should have mentioned I'm in the UK

hi well i had to have 4 extractions before treatment due to lower crowding, for that i had to go to my normal dentist and had it under local anaesthetic so i was awake the whole time (they did give me a valium tablet beforehand and some gas during which helped)
then 3.5weeks later i got my braces put on. Total cost for me is about $7000 for damon clear (ceramic uppers, and metal lowers) and my extraction were about $500 This is in south australia and it seems more expensive over here than some other places.. I am on a payment plan so i only had to pay $350 upfront and then pay $55 a week straight to the ortho. The dentist is letting me pay $100/mth off that bill as well to make it more manageable.
only way to really tell is go get a quote from a couple of different orthodontists. goodluck!! and go for it, it will be so worth it in the end.

forgot to add getting the braces on you are awake, it really wasnt too bad at all and it didnt hurt. Only sometimes i felt pressure when they were gluing some brackets onto my lower teeth (as they are crowded and sensitive)

Hey pstones--If you don't have extractions, then braces aren't really even like going to the dentist. It's more like them working with metal on a car, only your the car!

So far, my ortho has pretty much only touched the outside of my teeth--it's a lot of pulling and pushing and banding, but not that bad at all. And because of my new "superdentist", I have just come out of a terrible dental phobia, to the point where I could actually get braces...totally worth it!!!

Oh ya---my full metal Damon Q braces were $5,700 with a $550 discount--so actually $5,150. I put $2400 down--my insurance is paying $2,000 and I am paying $60 a month on the balance....

klobird wrote:Oh ya---my full metal Damon Q braces were $5,700 with a $550 discount--so actually $5,150. I put $2400 down--my insurance is paying $2,000 and I am paying $60 a month on the balance....

far out that is so much cheaper than here jealous!! wish i had insurance

Huge thread on the subject of cost here: viewtopic.php?f=13&t=34589
(Many posts from the UK there.)

mine were $5400 for metal with no extractions. it also includes all xrays needed during treatment

i ahd dental insurance but they only gave me a $500 discount since they didnt cover ortho for adults. My total costs were 7,064 and I have several gaps, and overbite, crossbite. your costs will vary depending on how bad your teeth are and what your insurance will cover.

My first consult is coming up and I am a little nervous about the cost as well. It seems to vary a lot.

i am also in the UK and my braces (ceramics top and bottom plus retainers at the end) costs £3700. luckily i didnt require any extractions before the braces.

I'm in the UK, having damon clears on top and metal on bottom and it's costing £3900 which they allow me to pay up over two years... if i pay it all up front then there was a 5% discount. This includes the cost of retainers at the end also.

braceface74 wrote:I'm in the UK, having damon clears on top and metal on bottom and it's costing £3900 which they allow me to pay up over two years... if i pay it all up front then there was a 5% discount. This includes the cost of retainers at the end also.

lucky you, i have to pay mine off over a year i.e. £308 per month. i wd have gotten a 5% discount also if i was able to pay it up front.

A lot of the UK costs here are quite significantly more than mine for some reason! Mine, with ceramic tops and metal bottoms, comes to £2795, which includes retainers and such at the end. It'll be for two years. I pay about £700 to begin with, then bi-monthly payments over the two years. I also have to have 4 extractions, which will be about £160.

I'm not sure why my treatment is cheaper than others. Typically, my dentist is actually expensive for most things. Perhaps it's the amount of work that needs doing to my teeth (judge for yourself on my story), but it still is two years, so I'm not sure! Perhaps location in the UK is critical (London might be more expensive than where I am).