Is it possible to get one of those invisible braces that applied at the back of the teeth at government hospital? If not, how much it would cost at private?

For government, do they offer option for what kind of braces you get? Can i choose ceramic braces?

So the traditional metal bracket braces only huh? Hmm just wondering

What price should I be expecting if I chose ceramic(clear) self ligating for top + normal metal self ligating on bottom?

Just went to an orthodontist, asked for expected price for both kinds of braces. Traditional and self ligating. For traditional is quite decent priced, rm4600. But for self ligating, he said that it might cost rm9000(so expensive?). He seems to insist me to get traditional braces, and seems to think that there's not much difference between self ligating and traditional and want me to go with traditional because it's cheaper. He even explained to be that there's not much difference for braces wearer, but benefits the doctor himself because less chair time.

So I'm not sure that he's saying that self ligating cost rm9000 just to scare me off and want me to get cheaper traditional braces or that he really don't know about the current price because not many of his patient requested self ligating lol

Btw after i insisted on self ligating, he said that he will try to check up on price, and it depends on the materia and brand some sort that affect the price

This post has been edited by neuro4869: Oct 25 2016, 10:09 PM

He agreed to a price of rm7000. Rm2000 deposits, rm200 monthly commitment. Is that good deal you think? He had a phd student doing the check up on me last time, so I assume he had a lot of experience doing this.

It's for self ligating metal. I thought average for self ligating is about rm6-6.5k or the price has gone up?

Anyway i don't know how's braces gonna change my face, arch and smile. Expecting slightly more gummy smile from what I've heard from post bracer water(i have slight gummy smile now) and class 1 crowding(canine tooth protrude).

And dr recommend taking out 4 tooth, 2 upper 2 lower. And luckily my wisdom teeth are good, no need to extract it. I wonder if they will put braces as well on wisdom teeth. Only small part of it showing. But then again most of my side teeth(molar etc) doesn't seems to be showing much and hidden in my gum, or is it supposed to be that way? I hope that i won't require gum removal for side of teeth

This post has been edited by neuro4869: Oct 30 2016, 01:40 AM

No it's full metal... But still is the price okay? Done xray st gov hospital. Doesn't include xray moulding and extraction. Going to do this in my home town in Kota Bharu.. the orthodontist had a PhD student as his assistant so i think that he was a former lecturer or something.

Btw he said rm150 per month is okay. Earlier said rm200

This post has been edited by neuro4869: Nov 1 2016, 12:52 AM

So i got molar band put in. They said that my case is borderline(i think it mean on the low level of crowding despite being class 1 crowding). And they say with self ligating smart clip, my arch might expand(i won't put much hope on it being 20 yrs old) and extraction might not be necessary depending on it. Hope that it does though.

Clear or metal? Actually i haven't put on braces yet, will be put on tomorrow. I told them i want metal, and they say that ceramic is more expensive and if it break it will be hard to replace(supply issue or somethinf with them). They say that for metal they can replace for free

Unitek 3m or Damon? They showed me what they will be using it's unitek 3m metal, sl3 i think.

How long have you been wearing it btw? Is your case crowding or too much space/gap?

U mean that your teeth are not straight or rotated due to baby tooth?

This post has been edited by neuro4869: Dec 6 2016, 04:52 PM

Oh i see. Btw just put on upper braces today, metal. Didn't think it's quite noticeable as it's silver, and compared to ceramic i don't think it would be much more obvious compared to them.

Btw, does that mean you only remove 1 tooth? Are you not worried the possibility of not symmetrical teeth alignment? Since you won't have same number of teeth on each side

Oh damn. Is yours second class crowding? I think mine can be fixed by shaving some part of the teeth to create space but not sure if they willing to do it