Background: I had braces twice (I was terrible about wearing my retainers) and after having crooked teeth for about 8 years, I decided I wanted to get them again. I thought it was perfect because my regular dentist also did ortho so I figured that would be great. The location was right down the street. Nothing could be better!
I'm 24 years old and I was just tired of how one tooth crooked to the left and overlapped.
We talked about options and I decided on metal braces. Originally it was scheduled to be limited ortho, he told me it would be about 6 or 7 months. Four months into my braces, my dentist sold his practice and moved roughly 40 miles away and expected me to come all the way out there for him to finish. He was still allowed to practice at one of his other locations close to my house and I felt like he should come out here to finish what he started. I went out there once and told him I wasn't going to go out there again. He met me at this closer location but then kept putting it off to meet with me. Finally I just said I'll go out there, I just want this done.
It's been about 9 months and I went to see him today and he said he was going to close up the spaces in my teeth and I asked "and you're going to turn this tooth right?" He told me that there was probably not any more rotating that could be done. Basically my teeth are all flush except the one tooth that I wanted straightened in the first place. It was straightened twice before and now he's telling me that's about all he can do with it! Why did I pay to have my teeth straightened when they aren't going to be straight?!
Any advice or opinions would be GREATLY appreciated
