I wore transparent braces..it's the same effect as the metal ones. I hated my monthly tightening...can't eat anything but porridge after the appointment. YUCK

izzit tooooo pain?? thinking of wearing it too..

well, i wish to do crowning and bridging instead of using braces approach. I heard that wearing braces is somehow painful n left us with uneasy feeling. can i use bridging and crowning for faster results?

there is a dental practice in desa jaya. do you know perfection n mcdonalds? well, it's one of the shop lots upstairs around that area. it's called Ong Dental. i haven't had braces done there before. i did it somewhere else but i go to him for all the other dental services and he has been doing a good job.

I did mine in SS 15, Subang. Bout 5K. I only have to tighten it like every 2 months. When you first have it on, you'll get ulcers daily and can't eat properly. Give it a month or so and you won't feel a thing already.

Removable braces are less effective than the permanent braces. For adults, the process will be a little more painful, and will take longer. For kids, it's less painful and it can be done in about 10 or so months. Alot faster for kids.

Small town dentist charge alot less, I did mine for about RM2.5-3k and it's almost done. For adults, after each tightening/adjusting the teeth will hurt like hell for a day or two till you get use to the adjustment. You'll get ulcers the first couple of weeks, but every time you make some adjustments, or change brackets, or whatever you'll get cuts, ulcers, etc. Then things will be fine till you have to tighten/adjust it again a few weeks later.

Of course, you gotta make some sacrifices. You can't eat apples, pears, etc unless you cut it up first. Also, gotta brush your teeth after every meal. You can't floss. But the worst part is the scaling. Whoa, really painful.



This post has been edited by refnulf: Aug 25 2007, 10:23 PM

My dentist also suggested me this one.What the heck...can pay instalment somemore.. I think I'm gonna go for it la... no need to extract my precious teeth ma....hehehe

It's suppose to work faster rite??

accidentally i bumped to this thread. im looking for braces especially damon 3 braces. i heard there are a few orthodontist can do this kind of braces.
green_apple, which and where is ur dentist??
Q-care in taman tun is quite far for me.

the dentist I went is in Taman Maluri....that's is the branch actually, so the orthodontist is only available on tuesday and thursday from 6pm-9pm. His main office is somewhere near Midvalley.

oh hey.. well.. braces for me not painful at all.. i pluck 4 teeth.. and my dentist say will be done in one and a half year's time.. tightening bite chicken summore.. and her tightening took less den 10 minutes.. trust me.. she's pro.. my dental clinic in PJ, branch in SS2 and pudu.. it's private.. price fixed to 3.5k.. no extra paying for anyone who has to go for extra treatment.. tat is included one retainer but exclude x-ray.. transparent braces are not really transparent.. still hav metal.. less effective plus not all can wear.. onli not-so-bad condition can wear.. permanent braces is da best.. removable one din work AT ALL.. retainers better wear.. 3 days is enuf to make ur teeth move.. unless ur teeh is still not-so-bad... coz some of them wear to join da fun onli.. lolz.. can ask me more.. i kinda got experience coz for project kinda did survey and asked ppl who gone through it.. and i'm wearing too..

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Added on October 3, 2007, 10:36 pmoh yea.. forgot one thing... normally government they approve mostly ppl whose parents are/were government servant.. if not they'll mostly chose ppl wif bad teeth condition and longer treatment ones.. coz it's for dentist-to-be as their practice.. lolz.. belif or not.. depends on ur luck.. if u get some stupid ones.. ur teeth.. say bye bye to it..

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Added on October 3, 2007, 10:39 pmoh.. hahaha.. i miss out something again.. my dentist can pay instalment too.. can use credit oso.. first install pay 1k.. next 10 install pay 250.. after tat, just go.. lolz.. trust me.. braces isnt any accessories.. so just stick wif da normal ones.. as long as get done wif it soon.. and show off ur nice teeth for da rest of ur life! =)

This post has been edited by shirleysuetyin: Oct 3 2007, 10:39 PM

Any recommendation for dentist doing braces around Cheras?

i was about to do my braces few years back but have to hold on to it coz i was about to study in australia.
i rmbered the orthodontist told me about plucking four precious teeth too. but now i'm done with my studies, i wanna do it too.
how long do you have to go back the clinic for tightening and how long do u have to wear the retainer?

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Added on November 10, 2007, 7:41 pmoh yeah. Got invisalign. Damn chun

This post has been edited by kikurazz: Nov 10 2007, 07:41 PM

green apple can you pls give more details of the location of d dentist in Tmn Maluri. Daughter needs to get braces and its best done during this sch holidays. Thks.

Braces sucked...and rocked at the same time. *sigh*

This post has been edited by spunkberry: Nov 13 2007, 01:01 AM

UGPM!----U Got PM!

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Added on November 12, 2007, 10:13 pm


I go once a month for check up and tightening. And also to pay the instalment.

The retainer varies among individual I suppose...

This post has been edited by green_apple: Nov 12 2007, 10:13 PM

gang of wearing braces. hahaa.. i'm wearing for pass half year.
i'm happy to wear it, and cost RM4k++. Dentist decide to take out my braces last few months but i decided not to as I feel nicer if put it on.

Most of my friend that wore felt the same way as I do. But most of them dislike wearing braces. why leh?

Means you don't want to take it out forever???

i agreed with grimm... my teeth kinda turned yellow due to the scrapping of the instrument ( duno wat its called) against my teeth... when taking out the braces dat time. now one of my tooth kinda chipped wey
mayb coz it's too 'weak' and the treatment was kinda harsh
if u do private sure few thousands
if gov like me then just about rm 500 like dat
urgh ~~

i asked at kajang
it was Rm3500-4000
can pay by installment
require Rm 500 as deposit and remaining by installment

that's a very stereortpye thinking of yours.

as much as you may have certain prejudice to these people (or i may say ), they dont prioritize those whose parents are gov servant (maybe in certain cases) nor people with super bad teeth condition. the only reason (i can think of) why people wont go to gov clinic is becoz of the long queue - a minimal waiting period of 2 years, some even more though it's super cheap.

i waited almost 2 1/2 years (although my dad is in the government sector) and about 3 months or so for follow ups (include tooth extraction, etc etc), before they actually fixed the braces onto my teeth. wore it for less than 2 years, then, on retainers till now. i wear it every other day, as u said, "3 days is enuf to make ur teeth move".. =)

and as i know, usually, orthodontic patients usually will get their braces removed the fastest, 2 years time. so i dont think they gov clinic are very selective on their patients, though gov clinics are the base for training for these dentist-to-be, they still have code of conduct or ethics to follow and i'm sure they're not that stupid enough to give up their chance of becoming a qualified dentist

even in some cases, paying more doesnt guarantee perfect set of teeth.

dentists are also human. they do have emotional issues sometimes, so, at times, u'll get certain dentist who are rough during treatment and so on, even for private clinic dentist. no one is prefect. so i suppose, it's unfair to judge government dentists, maybe simply based on what you heard from others.

and please dont put all the blame on the orthodontics. the final outcome on how your teeth will look like also depends on how you take care of it

fyi, am not a dentist trainee, am not working in the government sector, but i did receive treatment from them. i cant say i'm happy with the "layanan" most of my visit to the clinic, but i'm happy with the outcome


cheerz~

This post has been edited by purplecrystal00: Dec 12 2007, 05:01 AM