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Braces II

June 5th, 2015 at 05:59 pm

I blogged a couple months ago - it might have even been February - about DD1 and braces.

I looked a little more closely at her teeth, and so did DW. We both agreed that braces would help.

I'm not sure what all I included in my previous post, so I'll start at the beginning.

We've known for a while that our younger daughter, DD2, would need braces. She has an overbite, and a gap between her upper front teeth. A couple years ago we scheduled an appointment with an orthodontist to get an early professional opinion. He agreed that she would need braces, he agreed that we should wait. He asked us to schedule another appointment in one year. While we were there, we figured we might as well have the ortho look at DD1 as well. His opinion at that time was that he could do some cosmetic work if we were concerned, but there was no pressing need for braces.

We never did schedule a one year follow up DD2 still has too many baby teeth. But, early this year DD1 saw our regular dentist. He recommended an ortho consult, and that get's us at least to my previous post.

So, DD1 got her braces on the last Friday in April. And, we have a $160 per month payment for 18 months.

We put $800 down, and my dental insurance covered a bit more than $700. I've spent down my current year Flexible Spending Account, so we're caught up on payments until October.

I'll max out my FSA election next year, so from a cash flow stand point this shouldn't hurt too much.

Hopefully we can stagger it so that DD2 doesn't start with her braces until DD1 is out of them!

2 Responses to “Braces II”

  1. rob62521 Says:
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    At 45 I got braces...wish I had them younger because for years I would not smile with my teeth showing because I was ashamed of my very crooked teeth. Glad you have worked out a plan to provide for these.

  2. laura/deacon's wife Says:
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    My daughter's braces were costly, but she was a special case. Metal allergies to boot, including Palladium which is what most braces are made of. She got porcelain and Titanium. But her smile is worth a million bucks now they are off!

    Good plan staggering the brace-wearing. Smile

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