Hi all. I have an issue here on braces. Anyone knows which dentist/orthodontist accept patient from other dentist? Which is not so expensive too? I really need to change dentist.. :'(
As I am having a bad experience with my current dentist. My teeth was not slanted before I had braces and during the first year of having braces. Later on, I found my teeth slanted on the top and I've talked to my dentist on this issue, but she seems to refuse to care about my feeling and said it was like this all the time. No matter what I said, she just dont seem to be responsible.
My teeth wasn't really that bad before I had braces, only overlap on top and not so straight at the bottom. No extraction needed for my case too. As time passed, the 3rd year, she removed my braces, and I found overbite, on my right teeth up and bottom. My teeth are slanted, not straight at the bottom, both upper and lower going outwards.. So I talked to her about this issue, and at first, she asked me to repay the price.. which I keep nagging and complaint. Then only she asked me to pay a few hundreds to redo (Replacing a new bracket for me).. and after a year its still the same thing.. Nothing much changes. The worst part is, when I visit every month, I dont feel any tighten. No wire change. Sometimes she dont even change my rubber band!

I have talked to her that I am not satisfied with the result a couple of times, but she do nothing about it. And she somehow do show me like ''boh song'' and impatient attitude. After that onwards, whenever I told her that my teeth here like this can help me.. she jumped in cut my words.. She will keep tell me "slowly one by one, do part by part'' its been a year!! Now my teeth is still the same like going outward.. for 3 years.. still she refused to push my teeth a lil inwards.. Reason that she told me it is normal.. I really don't know what is wrong with my dentist now.. I am entering my 5th year of braces.. I feel so tired and disappointed.. I want to change to another dentist but I do not wish to repay the whole braces cost.. I just want a good dentist to adjust my teeth..
Please advise.. :'(
I'm getting my braces in 3 days. Quite nervous
Anyway, I just had my separator for 2 days now and my gums are swollen and bleeding when I brushed it. Is it normal?
and can I chew on foods like rice or breads? as I'm afraid the separator will dig into my gums