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I got mine today. My teeth are already sore and I've only had them 6 hours.
Can't wait to see how they feel in the morning! oops:

Getting them in and out was a lot easier than I thought it would be.

You're chewing your bifocals? That might void the warranty.

I looked at those a couple of years ago. I like the general appearance and ease of care, but they said they wouldn't help my situation, which is borderline.

The girls wanted to use Invisaligns, but they weren't recommended for what they needed done to fix their teeth.

Maddie should be getting her braces off by February, maybe sooner, and Emma still has sixteen months to go.

I hope that your teeth feel better soon Kay!

Baby Orajel works too. The girls use it when they get their braces adjusted.

TheConfessor wrote:You're chewing your bifocals? That might void the warranty.

I'm old, but the orthodontist assured me I'm not his oldest patient.

Not so bad this morning. They didn't bother me at all last night. I was a bit worried if they would drive me crazy while sleeping. So far, so good.

And does your dental insurance cover this? Maybe this was why you were interested in lb & my insurance spat?

My dental does not, & I've been told for years I need a $900.00 (probably way more, by now) bite guard to wear while sleeping, & if I'd gotten it years ago my teeth would be in a lot better shape. I even have a note from my "real" medical insurance that I need this to prevent sleep apnea (I felt I was suffocating with the masks, but this is supposed to help keep the airway open too) but the "real" medical people refuse to answer the calls of bite-guard-needing people who have been "real"-medically referred to them.

And yeah, I think dental matters are real medical matters, that's why the quote marks around the refs to the people who think they are better than dentists/orthodontists.

I'm also told a well-fitting bite guard can also be made to do some overnight (for months & months) orthodonture in the "making old people lose that bulldog look" is I think how my dentist put it, calling me officially an old people.

No, my dental insurance doesn't cover orthodontics. They have a nice payment plan with no interest, so I'm going that route.

Mine is strictly cosmetic. I would think you might have an appeal if your doctor said it was necessary. It would certainly be worth a try.

Just let me say that I truly feel dental insurance should cover non-cosmetic adult orthodontics. And a lot of orthodontics is not cosmetic, though the patients sometimes get a cosmetic result in addition to a medical result; there are a lot of bad medical things that happen when your bite is misaligned (my dentist says my grinding-while-sleeping has lead to teeth that are now literally "edge on edge", a not good thing, which cannot be made better, but can only be prevented from getting even worse).

I feel like refusing orthodonture to adults is like refusing them back braces
because the bones have stopped growing.

This is just a thought, but you might try filing it under your medical insurance and not your dental insurance.

Again, it's worth a try.

That's the point; technically, with the Dr.'s reference, it is covered under my medical insurance, but in that case it has to be done by a service that takes medical insurance, not dental insurance. Facial-etc-surgery dept (I've got the real name written down at home) at my HMO's "home" hospital does indeed take medical insurance, but they refuse to answer phone calls from people looking for bite guards, & they're "not at home" when I drop in on them during other Dr. visits.

I really should have made an appointment under false pretenses years ago, when I got the referral, which for all I know has expired, & then said "Ha! This is really about a bite guard!".