Dental Braces

[starlight1968sg]

Thank-you for sharing.

Guess will take some days for dd to get used to this foreign thing on her teeth.

[Apricot]

schweppes:

Apricot:

My dd is 13 years old and will be getting dental braces done soon. I am not sure whether she should be getting the normal metal braces or the self-ligating ceramic ones. The price difference is $1000 more for self-ligating braces. Is it true that the self-ligating ones are more effective/comfortable than the normal metal ones and hence worth the price? Can someone share ?

Think it's ok to have the normal metal braces. Those are good enough for our teens. There will be discomfort for both ceramic and metal ones. So not worth paying $1k more for ceramic unless u want it for aesthetic or medical reasons. The child will get used to the braces after a while - usually 1 -2 weeks later, depending on the child's tolerance level.

:thankyou: My dd did the normal metal braces.

[schweppes]

Apricot:

schweppes:

Think it's ok to have the normal metal braces. Those are good enough for our teens. There will be discomfort for both ceramic and metal ones. So not worth paying $1k more for ceramic unless u want it for aesthetic or medical reasons. The child will get used to the braces after a while - usually 1 -2 weeks later, depending on the child's tolerance level.

:thankyou: My dd did the normal metal braces.

Most welcome, Apricot Hope your dd is getting used to the braces. She can look forward to changing the rubber band colours on each visit. My dd's dentist mention that some of her patients wear the colours to suit a festive season, like red and green for Christmas, orange for Halloween, green for spring.

[winchester]

Apricot:

:thankyou: My dd did the normal metal braces.

was it fast painless? how much it cost roughly?

[missy]

Hi all...........where did your dds get their braces done?

And at what price is reasonable?
Thank you in advance

[starlight1968sg]

My dd got her braces done at NUH, cost of whole package is about 4.5k.

[Apricot]

winchester:

Apricot:

:thankyou: My dd did the normal metal braces.

was it fast painless? how much it cost roughly?

Sorry, for such late reply. My dd braces cost $4200 for the package including a set of retainers. She did it at Embrace Dental under Dr Tan. Extracted 4 teeth at one go. The dentist did it as if pulling carrots out from the ground.... really fast. My dd said that it was painful but it was probably more psychological than actual pain since she was given injections to numb the area. The mouth felt slightly sore after that but she could eat 3 hours later. The braces was only fitted following week.

[emerald]

Apricot:

winchester:

[quote=\"Apricot\"]

:thankyou: My dd did the normal metal braces.

was it fast painless? how much it cost roughly?

Sorry, for such late reply. My dd braces cost $4200 for the package including a set of retainers. She did it at Embrace Dental under Dr Tan. Extracted 4 teeth at one go. The dentist did it as if pulling carrots out from the ground.... really fast. My dd said that it was painful but it was probably more psychological than actual pain since she was given injections to numb the area. The mouth felt slightly sore after that but she could eat 3 hours later. The braces was only fitted following week.[/quote]
I suppose the $4200 is not inclusive of the extraction. So how much did you pay to extract 4 teeth?

[Apricot]

$4200 is inclusive of extraction of teeth.

[PiggyLalala]

Is there any particular reasons why yr dd or ds need to wear braces? I have noticed some of my friends’ children are wearing braces too? However, I do not find their teeth particularly crooked leh?