i looking in to different majors and i was wanted to know things in orthodontics, such as how long does schooling take? how many years? what do you deal with? i know that it is dealing with braces, but what else
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Insurance coverage is not enough to pay for medical attention. A person can be paying her or his insurance mostly; but coverage is not enough to pay for a doctor appointment. In some cases, insurance companies do not want to cover most of the medical attention provided by doctors or hospitals. My mother went to the dentist six months ago to seek treatment for a toothache. After several exams, the doctor discovered that she needed three orthodontics. The final cost for her treatment was calculated to be seven thousand dollars; she did not have the option and went to our country (El Salvador) and received the same treatment for only seven hundred dollars. Is it necessary to go to another country to do this?
I do not want to suggest that they should have to pay for our illnesses, but medical service providers and insurance companies have to be in agreement to provide high quality medical service with affordable costs.
Hi I need a little help with a braces situation. See my parents are divorced me and my sis live with my mom in Florida but spend summers with our dad in New York. I was just wondering if I could have my braces put on in New York but have them checked up and taken off in florida? (our insurance doesn’t cover orthodontics in florida.)
So I had braces when I was in high school and had a retainer. Well at the time I was going to college then quit and my dads insurance kicked me off. Shortly after my retainer broke and now several years later my gap in between my front two teeth came back.
Question is do i have to get braces again or can i just get a retainer and go in for my monthly check up for tightening? I my teeth are staight both top and bottom for the exeption of the gap. And the gap runs in the fam.
So can I just get the retainer or do i have to get braces again?
well my dentist said i dont need them, but my orthodontist said did. Theres not that much wrong with my teeth, just i have a gap in my front teeth, one front tooth is longer the other and that same tooth is positioned a little bit further out the the other one. also my two front bottom teeth and very close together with tiny gaps on each side. My mum said i didn’t need them because my mouth isnt that bad.. this is what they look like:
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i really want braces because i dont like my teeth, but im so scared of the pain! i have a really low pain tolerance, and i dont think i could deal with the braces cutting my lips, and the pain in my gums, and the food that will get stuck in them! i was looking into Invisalign.. are they good? would you recommen them over normal braces? apparently they are pain-free and work in a less amount of time, is this true? PLEASE HELP ME!
okay so i got my braces off at the end of july and as soon as i got them off i still noticed a little tooth gap between my two front teeth. so 2 days after i got my braces off i got a clear retainer called invisalign. I WEAR IT ALL OF THE TIME!! RELIGIOUSLY. i’ve never met anyone who wears it more than me. yet i still have that ONE gap in between my two front teeth and it won’t go away. it’s not big but it’s bothering me. is there anyway i could fix it or confront my orthodontist? can he do something to fix it without braces? btw i had braces for about 2 years when i was younger and then got them off and then got them on and had them for 2 years from grades 6-8. please please please help! thanks!
Growing up, my family never had dental or health insurance. My mother took me to the dentist when I was two or so for a check up, but after that I wasn’t able to go again until the sixth grade when I had a cavity the size of a crater in one of my back teeth. It had been hurting my ear more than my mouth, so we thought it had been an ear infection. I ended up getting a root canal and practically rebuilding the tooth, as well as two other small fillings. I didn’t feel thing! I was lucky my grandmother was still alive then to foot the bill.
I went again at the end of my senior year in high school for a cleaning, filling two cavities, and seeing what could be done about my wonky back (wisdom?) teeth and TMD. (As an aside: I was punched in the jaw accidentally when I was younger, and the doctor told us to see a dentist. The sixth grade dentist told us we’d have to see a doctor about it. The next doctor told us to see a dentist. The senior year dentist said to see a doctor. Can anyone give me some advice on this matter while you’re here?)
Long story long, I haven’t seen a dentist since then. I had a really bad vitamin B12 deficiency last year that no one could figure out, and despite flossing and brushing to an almost obsessive extent and trying to maintain good oral health, my gums kept recessing. I’ve always had a tooth on my bottom row that was pushed forward when those (still) wonky back teeth grew in. That’s where it’s the worst.
I’ve been begging my mother to send me to a dentist since then. I even asked for a dentist appointment for Christmas. I’m currently attending school at Western Washington University and have no real income. I do get a refunded check from my financial aid every quarter, but it’s all I get for three or so months, and I by the time my books are bought I hardly have enough for groceries. My mother wants to help out, but she’s in worse shape than I am.
Basically, I need a lot of dental work down, possibly some orthodontics, too, and I need to find a place that will give good service for a low price. Also, any information on dental insurance plans that would be good for my situation is appreciated. I’ve looked around, but I’m really hopeless when it comes to all of this. I have no idea what I’m doing.
If you happen to live in Bellingham and have a good, kind dentist (or if you happen to be one), I’d be thrilled if you’d provide the contact information. Even if the services are not cheap, I’d still like to discuss possible payment methods with a reputable dentist. (I’d really prefer a dentist that is highly skilled. As much as I’m desperate right now, the really cheap dentists that do quick fixes or, worse, end up progressng the problems I already have are something I’d rather avoid.)
If you don’t live in the area, but you know of some good insurance companies that take pity on currently unemployed, poor college gals, that’s great, too!
To be honest, I’m actually really embarassed by the state of my teeth. I’d really like it if anyone who answers refrained from ridiculing me or telling me I brought in upon myself or something like that… Believe me when I tell you I would have gone sooner if I had the chance.
Thank you, and sorry the details of this question have gone for so long!!
hey ok so this morning i got invisalign braces and there rele tight ( they are supposed to be that way). my orthodontist told me i would be experiencing pain for a few more days but it really hurts! my 2 front teeth on the top are extreamly sensitive and my whole mouth just hurts. is there anything to make the pain lessen/go away? i already took a motrin. THANKS!
also: is there any easier way to get the trays out of your mouth because it takes my to long and i already broke a few nails.
THANKS!
I am 23 years old, and got braces my teeth 6 months ago. I am supposed to have them on for 2 years. I got the clear ones, but I still feel hideous. I cried constantly for the first two months and began getting panick attacks and getting violently ill. I’ve been to the ER 4 times and hospitalized twice. I was so sick that the doctors thought that I had a life threatening illness. I was put on nausea medication which didn’t really help, and eventually xanax. The xanax made me relax and I am no longer sick. Being so sick made me stop worrying about the braces, and now that I am feeling better I am starting to obsess about them again. I just feel so ugly and I hate them so much that they are making me physically sick again.
My orthodontist said that I can switch to invisalign by the end of the year, but I don’t think that I can take it anymore. If I got them off now I would have wasted $10,000 in surgeries and dental work on my teeth. Can somebody please give me some advice?
I am 23 years old, and got braces my teeth 6 months ago. I am supposed to have them on for 2 years. I got the clear ones, but I still feel hideous. I cried constantly for the first two months and began getting panick attacks and getting violently ill. I’ve been to the ER 4 times and hospitalized twice. I was so sick that the doctors thought that I had a life threatening illness. I was put on nausea medication which didn’t really help, and eventually xanax. The xanax made me relax and I am no longer sick. Being so sick made me stop worrying about the braces, and now that I am feeling better I am starting to obsess about them again. I just feel so ugly and I hate them so much.
My orthodontist said that I can switch to invisalign by the end of the year, but I don’t think that I can take it anymore. I’ve been seeing a psychiatrist about this, and he’s the one who gave me xanax. No matter how much I try not to worry about it, I can’t help but drive myself crazy.
