<p>So I’m quite sure that my braces won’t be taken off by August, and will need a dentist/orthodontist (idk the difference) for a while. How much does it cost, generally? Will they agree to go with the plan my doctor in Asia recommended? Or will they make me take them off and put new ones? </p>
<p>I mean I already have the braces. So will I still have to pay the $5000 or can I just get away with paying fees for dental work?</p>
<p>Thankssss.</p>
<p>This isn’t something we can answer. When my younger son was naughty and didn’t wear his retainer, he had to have his braces put back on while in college. We had to pay again with a new ortho in his college town. </p>
<p>I’ve heard of situations like yours where kids are relocating during orthodontia treatment and having to pay more…maybe not the full amount, but enough for the new orthodontist to be paid for his/her services.</p>
<p>Thanks, that helps. I guess I’ll need to seek assistance from the college I will attend. My safety school is though close to NYC, if that helps anybody in answering this question.</p>
<p>Often you just have to pay a set price for the remaining treatments. Another option is to have your current ortho set a plan that will work for you to maybe have one or two adjustments in the semester, but then see your own ortho when you return at breaks.</p>
<p>My daughter had Invisiline and we moved. She flew back to California a few time a year and saw the ortho there. Cheaper than paying a new ortho here. She did get a regular retainer from our dentist here, and we paid for that even though she should have gotten them from the Invisiline plan.</p>
<p>You might also check to see if there is an other school near where you are going to college. My other daughter had braces through the school, and the overall cost was a little cheaper. They might charge you a ‘phase II’ fee.</p>
<p>LOL no dude, you’ll need to fly back to see your orthodontist. Honestly braces are crazy. Each Ortho has his/her own plan, and types of brackets, so each of them have their own plan that often aren’t compatible with other orthodontists.</p>
<p>You might have to end up paying alot more </p>
<p>Source: I have braces</p>
<p>Ugh. How perfect. The worst part is that I’m almost done and just need a few months more. Can’t afford to defer a semester either. :(</p>
<p>Is there anyway you could just keep them on until you can get back home? If you only have a couple months to go when you go to school it would seem like there might not be anymore adjustments needed. My DS’s that had braces only had them adjusted every couple months so maybe you could keep them on till a school break and they fly home to have them taken off?</p>
<p>My roommate has braces and is an international student. She just has her braces adjusted on the breaks when she flies back home. It’ll take longer…but she said it was the cheaper and easier option.</p>
<p>If you have eight months before you leave for school, perhaps (s)he can get you done or close to it by being more aggressive in treatment or shortening the time between adjustment appointments. </p>
<p>The internet has also made the world a smaller place and perhaps he knows someone in your college town (more likely if it’s a big city such as NY) who can finish the case for a reasonable fee.</p>
<p>My D’s bf lived overseas and started college in the US with braces. He found an orthodontist for treatment while at college. I don’t know the details of how it impacted the cost or length of treatment, but as others have mentioned, start discussions now with your orthodontist and you’ll be able to work out a plan.</p>
<p>How about contacting a dental school near your university? Even better if your school has an affiliated dental school. I’m sure they would be willing to work with you.</p>
<p>I went to Marquette and the dental students preferred working on students, as our oral hygiene was far better than the neighborhood residents who used the dental school when they had problems.</p>
<p>DS’s orthodontic retainer fell off just recently. This happened at school, which is very far from home. He called an orthodontist in his college town, and was given a date for “consultation” session. (Why don’t they just start working on it on his first session? He does not need any “sale pitch” about the pros/cons and cost analysis - just start the process of fixing the damn wire that fell off. If it needs the mold or anything before they could figure out the curvature of the wire, just do it starting from his first appointment!)</p>
<p>This reminds me of one time I sent my car to an auto center. The person there told me they need to charge me $99 dollars in their first diagnostic session to decide what might go wrong. Another story: my dentist even once frankly told me that he needed to complete a certain work in multiple visits, otherwise he could receive less money from my dental insurance company so he needed my “cooperation” of this. He even said to me that the fancy equipment that I was put though was to get more reimbursement and kind of apologize for it. (I actually like him as at least he is honest…unlike the other dentist who kept using some threatening technique.)</p>
<p>I am not so concerned about the money. I am more concerned about the time which he may not have. If the orthodontist asks him to come to his/her office for multiple sessions just to fix/replace the wire, I do nit know whether he could make the time for it. He also does not have an easy transportation to/from the orthodontist’s office.</p>
<p>Cross my finger that he will not need to go to the orthodontist too many times to fix the wire (it is the permanent kind of retainer on the back (and middle) of his upper/front teeth.)</p>
<p>Do you think the orthodontist will ask him to schedule many visits to his office? What would it happen if he waits till the summer to fly back to his original orthodontist to fix it? Will it be too late? (I actually think he really did not have to see any orthodontist at all back when he was late in the elementary school. Seeing the orthodontists for many children seems more like this generation’s fad just because many parents want the best for their child IMHO. His teeth were relatively in relatively good shape to begin with.)</p>
<p>Everything is much easier when he is back home. It was even easier when he’s in elementary/muddle/high schools or in college when he had much more flexibility of scheduling these marathon appointments.</p>
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He will just have to make time for it. </p>
<p>To be honest, mcat, your sons situation depends greatly on when he was debonded, the severity of his corrections, and the movement of his teeth; all of which none of us know about. Call up your main orthodontist, explain to them what happened, and ask what would be best.</p>
<p>DD’s permanent retainer broke and the new orthodontist replaced it at her first visit. It was around $100 bucks and included a check every 6 months or so.</p>
<p>cap, Thanks for sharing your D’s experience. If the cost is $100, I think he may not need to visit the new orthodontist in his college town two many times.</p>
<p>I think DS has called both his main orthodontist back home and his new orthodontist there. We have delegated this kind of (calling) task to him as we should have, although I guess sometimes I still have some need to vent about it.</p>
<p>I have no idea what “debond” means in this context. But I think I do not need to know. In recent years, i think we become more and more like the parents who pay the bills rather than actually do anything. I guess this is the normal process of “getting off from the helicopter”. LOL.</p>
<p>Wow, thanks for all the responses haha! I do not, however, think that my safety school has a dental school. So that sucks, yeah. Also, I really do not know about flying back and forth; it would be cheaper to just pay the $5000, right? I really, really do not want to defer a semester over something this stupid. lol</p>
<p>I don’t see why you can’t do all you can before you start college and then just get adjustments whenever you are in your hometown for a visit. Ask your current orthodontist if this will work or if not, what s/he proposes. Good luck!</p>