Orthodontic treatment declined - help

wept

Bebsie wrote: »

Can someone please help. My DD2 is 14 and we had an appointment at the orthodontist as her teeth are really skew (dentist said she needs braces), anyway to cut a long story short the orthodontist said she is a borderline case and she cannot get treatment on the NHS :eek: Her sister now 17 got braces and her teeth were exactly the same, my DD2 is so upset as she hates her teeth and feels so upset that her sister has straight teeth and hers are all skew. I just cannot afford to pay £3000 for her to have them done. Does anyone know if I can appeal this decision or it this just something I have to accept? Please I know there are more important things that the NHS money can go towards but I would really like some advice - Thanks

I really empathise with you as we were in exactly the sanme position. My daughter was supposed to have been put on the waiting list but they forgot!
We chased this up(even got told off for chasing!) and waited 18 months for her initial consultation to then be told they doubted whether she would qualify as she would be nearly 16 by the time the second appointment came around!
She was getting teased and upset at comments at school...I was listening to my local radio station and they were having a competition where the winner could win Orthodontic treatment. I wrote a letter explaining what was happening on the NHS
and enclosed a photo....the entry was lost and not fowarded as I found out when I had not heard anything as all entries were supposed to at least get a consultation.
Which we wanted to find out how much it would cost as we had decided to fund this somehow due to the upset it was causing her.
Luckily the competition had not progressed so our entry was re-registered and we won the £3,800 treatment. My daughter is half way through her treatment from Octagon/Smilemakers in Southampton and the results are amazing.

Ok this does not help you at all but please accept my sympathy and if you are unlucky via the NHS please do try and have the treatment for her as the change in my daughters confidence has been amazing.

ailuro2

Start putting the money away now, then you'll have a bit of breathing space when the money is needed.;)

If you get the treatment on the NHS, then you could use the few hundred pounds for something else, most folk c/would find something to spend it on..:money:

Bebsie

wept wrote: »

I really empathise with you as we were in exactly the sanme position. My daughter was supposed to have been put on the waiting list but they forgot!
We chased this up(even got told off for chasing!) and waited 18 months for her initial consultation to then be told they doubted whether she would qualify as she would be nearly 16 by the time the second appointment came around!
She was getting teased and upset at comments at school...I was listening to my local radio station and they were having a competition where the winner could win Orthodontic treatment. I wrote a letter explaining what was happening on the NHS
and enclosed a photo....the entry was lost and not fowarded as I found out when I had not heard anything as all entries were supposed to at least get a consultation.
Which we wanted to find out how much it would cost as we had decided to fund this somehow due to the upset it was causing her.
Luckily the competition had not progressed so our entry was re-registered and we won the £3,800 treatment. My daughter is half way through her treatment from Octagon/Smilemakers in Southampton and the results are amazing.

Ok this does not help you at all but please accept my sympathy and if you are unlucky via the NHS please do try and have the treatment for her as the change in my daughters confidence has been amazing.

Wow, that was lucky - fantastic! She will definitely have the treatment as her sister had it and even though we did not pay for it I will always do the same for both of them! My DD1 teeth are fantastic and I cannot believe the transformation - I just think it is very unfair, the keep raising the barriers

Bebsie

ailuro2 wrote: »

Start putting the money away now, then you'll have a bit of breathing space when the money is needed.;)

If you get the treatment on the NHS, then you could use the few hundred pounds for something else, most folk c/would find something to spend it on..:money:

What a good idea, I think I will start at the end of May, at least them we will have a good deposit to put down by the time they see her, if they do agree to the treatment, we may just put it towards a long needed family holiday

kindofagilr

I hope they treat her, I mean come on she is a kid and its upsetting her, I would have thought if the dentist admitted she needed a brace then they would have given her one, its insane that he is saying she cant have one on the NHS.

border_collie

There are measurements of tooth movement required in millimetres to obtain nhs funding.

If the amount they need to be moved is less than the nhs minimum then they refuse to allow the dentist to do it.

Privately is a different matter altogether.


A dentist has to submit models to get approval so he can't get away with telling fibs etc.

Our orthodontist let us pay a deposit of 250.00 then the rest in 75.00 per monthy payments.
Good luck

Bebsie

border_collie wrote: »

There are measurements of tooth movement required in millimetres to obtain nhs funding.

If the amount they need to be moved is less than the nhs minimum then they refuse to allow the dentist to do it.

Privately is a different matter altogether.


A dentist has to submit models to get approval so he can't get away with telling fibs etc.

Our orthodontist let us pay a deposit of 250.00 then the rest in 75.00 per monthy payments.
Good luck

I could pay that, it will be very tight but I would do that for my child although her bottom teeth are sooooo bad (top are not that bad), I wonder if they even take into consideration the bottom teeth as you don't really see them Oh well, best get saving

border_collie

Yes bottom teeth are included in all decisions.


Hope you get sorted.

Penny_Watcher

Just to give you some idea of the cost of Private Orthodontic Fees (received this morning for DD2's 'cosmetic' need for braces)

Consultation for child £75

X-rays £35 each

Treatments

Removable braces £500 - £1200
Fixed braces £1700 - £3700
Lingual* braces £4800 - £8300
Invisalign aligners £2000 - £4300


Interest free payment plans are available.

* Lingual braces are the ones that go inside (next to the tongue as opposed to outside next to the lips).




I've seen the truly remarkable work this orthodontist has performed on my son's teeth (on NHS as they were so badly misplaced they were in danger of being knocked out) so although we can't really afford for DD2 to have braces we'll have to manage somehow.

Toothsmith

Penny_Watcher wrote: »

Just to give you some idea of the cost of Private Orthodontic Fees (received this morning for DD2's 'cosmetic' need for braces)

Consultation for child £75

X-rays £35 each

Treatments

Removable braces £500 - £1200
Fixed braces £1700 - £3700
Lingual* braces £4800 - £8300
Invisalign aligners £2000 - £4300


Interest free payment plans are available.

* Lingual braces are the ones that go inside (next to the tongue as opposed to outside next to the lips).




I've seen the truly remarkable work this orthodontist has performed on my son's teeth (on NHS as they were so badly misplaced they were in danger of being knocked out) so although we can't really afford for DD2 to have braces we'll have to manage somehow.

I'm surprised that the consultation and x-rays aren't on the NHS PW. Without the consultation, how would they know it wasn't eligable for NHS treatment?