please help me....i dont kno what to do!!!!!!!!!!

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Wed Feb 01, 2006 12:27 am

ok....so i got my braces on about 3 years ago...and i always went as often as i was supposed to go... well one day i went to go pay them some money and they weren't there... the door was locked and all...so i figured they were on a lunch break...so i came back later and they still werent there....so i called and no one would answer the phone....this was like this for a while...and before ai knew it a month or so had passed and i went off to college....so now i am wondering if i could just call up an orthadontist and ask them if they could take off my braces....so is it possible for me to just ask a random orthadontist is they could remove my braces....and if or when i do call what should i say.....it's taken me so long to actually come to this point...i usuallly just brush it off... but i hate bein in college looking young...so please help me on what i should actually do!!!!!!!!!

#2 Post by **missing_tooth** » Wed Feb 01, 2006 12:45 am

I hope you didn't pay all up front. I've heard of businesses doing that. Not an ortho place though.

- Missing Tooth -

#3 Post by **ingyandbert** » Fri Feb 03, 2006 2:53 pm

I'm confused by your post. Are you saying a month later the office was still closed, or that a month later you left town without following up again?

#4 Post by **Flora2006** » Fri Feb 03, 2006 4:34 pm

i'm confused as well...have you been in braces for 3 years without seeing an ortho? how long exactly has it been since you last visited an ortho?

#5 Post by **Qtgirl** » Sun Feb 05, 2006 6:49 pm

Something a little similar to this story happened to me last year. I had an adjustment and when I went to the Ortho office the door was locked and everything. I called, no one answered- so I left a message. Thankfully the next day, the receptionist called and explained to me that there was an emergency and the Ortho had to leave (to have a baby which I had no clue about lol). It took like close to two months or so to get a rescheduled appointment. Have you tried calling the Orho office again? Do you get a voicemail at least? At any rate, I agree with everyone as to visiting another Ortho. Good Luck.

Oh, were you near your treatment?

#6 Post by **Metal Mouth Guy** » Sun Feb 05, 2006 7:19 pm

4 days and only one post from the OP (original poster), with no replies to questions....

I think we've been trolled.

MMG

#7 Post by **montesser** » Sun Feb 05, 2006 7:21 pm

I would check with the Better Business Bureau. They may have filed bankruptcy. No matter what happened, it is urgent to have your teeth examined. If you are close enough to the end of your treatment, another orthodonist my be able to remove them for you. It sounded like you haven't finished paying for your initial treatment, so continuing with another Ortho wouldn't be unethical under the conditions that you've stated. I don't think you would be obligated to complete the payments. When you do go see another Ortho, be sure to get their insight. If they are in the same area, they may be able to do a little more investigative work for you.

It's sad, but that's one of the things that you have to worry about when you are having medical treatment over a long period of time. It could have been worse if you had paid completely up front, and then gone back for your first adjustment and they were gone, which I'm sure there were a lot of people in that position.

#8 Post by **nvcarissa** » Sun Feb 05, 2006 11:46 pm

I think we've been trolled.

Yep. Looks like a drive-by poster.