Post #167,325
8/3/04 5:08:53 PM
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Children == $$$
Braces for Duncan. Starting in October.
$5000-6000 all told. I can hardly wait.
Regards,
-scott anderson
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Post #167,328
8/3/04 5:13:10 PM
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did you wear braces?
did your parents have braces? did you get several opinions? if he is under 12 it is a waste of money except in certain cases because the Jaw is still growing.
thanx,
bill
"delayed incessantly by people whose prevalent qualification was an excess of free-time" Philip Atkinson
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Post #167,330
8/3/04 5:17:18 PM
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Yep.
You haven't seen his teeth. The kid NEEDS braces.
The first two years are a sort of harness to start moving the snaggly ones around so the new ones at least have *some* room to drop into place. His jaw is too small, and his teeth are too big. The dentist took one look at him when he was 2 or so and told us he'd need braces. There simply isn't room in his mouth for all of his teeth.
The right top front tooth point at an angle. There's a canine coming in in front of some other teeth, and two more on the bottom that look poised to duplicate this feat.
I myself had a perm tooth in the front removed, and a double tooth that had to be filed (THAT was fun). My teeth are still crooked (I needed to wear my retainer much more than I did), but much better than they were.
Regards,
-scott anderson
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Post #167,431
8/4/04 9:37:43 AM
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Braces at 16
Had to have my perfectly fine right top back molar pulled out. Despite the freezing, that felt like my head was in a vise that was slowly being screwed tighter. Then there was the pain of first having the braces (top teeth only.) I had a difficult time even eating lettuce, the pain was so much. Then there were the periodic adjustments. Ow!
lister
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Post #167,329
8/3/04 5:14:49 PM
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Ouch!
Did that with 2 out of 3 of mine. Fortunately, IBM had a dental plan that helped out some.
Alex
"If I seem unduly clear to you, you must have misunderstood what I said." -- Alan Greenspan, Federal Reserve chairman
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Post #167,331
8/3/04 5:17:44 PM
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I think ours covers some.
Nowhere near all of it, but some.
Regards,
-scott anderson
"Welcome to Rivendell, Mr. Anderson..."
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Post #167,335
8/3/04 5:27:10 PM
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May you find wisdom to transcend dental medication
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Post #167,338
8/3/04 5:43:36 PM
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Ha!!!
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Post #167,421
8/4/04 2:43:28 AM
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It's only a short step from there to "Hey nonny nonny"
and then I shall have to call the police.
Peter
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Post #167,487
8/4/04 3:48:12 PM
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Ooohh - - please not -
The Moral er Molar Police.
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Post #167,488
8/4/04 3:49:58 PM
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Re: Ooohh - - please not -
Isn't that "summon the constable"? :
-drl
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Post #167,489
8/4/04 3:53:32 PM
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Bah, philistines.
Peter
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Post #167,490
8/4/04 3:55:47 PM
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what does philis's beer glass have to do with anything?
"delayed incessantly by people whose prevalent qualification was an excess of free-time" Philip Atkinson
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Post #167,334
8/3/04 5:25:21 PM
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Aye
I get to look forward to that potential in a few years. Until such time, I'm covering my head with loads of sand.
-YendorMike
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Post #167,378
8/3/04 8:17:37 PM
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Agreed
Children are a big responsibility, to properly take care of them requires love, time, money, and other resources. Childless couples or single people may have more money or free time, but what value can you put on the love of a child?
My son has 6 more years until he reaches 12 and may require braces as well. We've already started saving up money for college, braces, and other things.
"When a true genius appears in the world you may know him by this sign: that all the dunces are in confederacy against him." - Jonathan Swift
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Post #167,420
8/4/04 2:41:55 AM
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Yay for the NHS :-)
I had braces for a couple of years. Best thing ever - I'd have been a right goofy git without them.
Hated them at the time, am grateful ever since :)
$5-6K? That's a sharp, stabbing pain in the wallet and no mistake.
Peter
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Post #167,422
8/4/04 3:49:38 AM
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would have been??
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Steve
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Post #167,429
8/4/04 9:07:43 AM
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Darnation, Steve beat me to it!
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