An Enjoyable Look Into tweets and Poppy's Expeditions Thread (An 11+ ELITE Thread)

miss_corerupted

LEJC wrote: »

we had to go down the braces route about 3 years ago...
You cant get clear ones on the NHS although they are a lot better than they used to be..


Each case is different so its worth speaking to the referred dentist,we were referred to an orthodontist and ended up with fixed braces for about 18 months which started quite thin and were scaled up as treatment progressed...there were also these little coloured bands which could be inserted to "Jazz them up" or not as the case may be....


All in all the braces were on about a year anf then it reverted to a plastic retainer which was clear and only worn at night...


A lot depends on what they are correcting in the mouth but my overall impression was that nhs has moved on a lot from the days of "metal mickey"....I was told at the beginning of treatment that we could opt for a private plan but TBH the cost was around £3000 and in my opinion didnt vary that much from what we were being offered on the NHS...in essence the braces were the same it was just the time waiting for an appointment would be less and you could choose better timeslots.


Some foods became a bit of a no no and fizzy drinks were out but on the whole I would say we ended up with far more positives than negatives.

OMG does having brace mean NO POP!!!!!! I'm going to have a brace soon and I love pop :eek::eek::eek::eek::eek: OMG OMG OMG

fairclaire

cheer1eader wrote: »

great so don't count as 1 of your 8 items :T:T

No, I wouldn't. Not a problem for me today as I had a trolley full :eek: Not been shopping since Friday

Sarahdol75

fairclaire wrote: »

Afternoon

Not read back yet so sorry of it's already been posted. I found an old favourite in As today ...........David

50p


Also got some 50p wonka bars, thanks OP

These bin bags were in the £1.00 section of my store, weeks ago, I picked a couple up and they scanned at 50p, so stocked up on them :j:j

cheer1eader

LEJC wrote: »

we had to go down the braces route about 3 years ago...
You cant get clear ones on the NHS although they are a lot better than they used to be..


Each case is different so its worth speaking to the referred dentist,we were referred to an orthodontist and ended up with fixed braces for about 18 months which started quite thin and were scaled up as treatment progressed...there were also these little coloured bands which could be inserted to "Jazz them up" or not as the case may be....


All in all the braces were on about a year anf then it reverted to a plastic retainer which was clear and only worn at night...


A lot depends on what they are correcting in the mouth but my overall impression was that nhs has moved on a lot from the days of "metal mickey"....I was told at the beginning of treatment that we could opt for a private plan but TBH the cost was around £3000 and in my opinion didnt vary that much from what we were being offered on the NHS...in essence the braces were the same it was just the time waiting for an appointment would be less and you could choose better timeslots.


Some foods became a bit of a no no and fizzy drinks were out but on the whole I would say we ended up with far more positives than negatives.

thanks LEJC £3000 for private :eek::eek::eek::eek: DS3 definitely won't be going private at those prices :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

bubbs

cheer1eader wrote: »

do any of you have kids who have had braces fitted? just wondered if the nhs do clear ones now? i remember when i had braces as a teenager it was like having a mouth full of metal :rotfl:

My nieces have braces, think they said you can choose colour now and tbh never took much notice what colours theres are:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

cheer1eader

bubbs wrote: »

My nieces have braces, think they said you can choose colour now and tbh never took much notice what colours theres are:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl: he's a bit worried about having a brace bless him as he's autistic & has been picked on in the past at school for being different so hope this doesn't start up again so hopefully he can have it so it doesn't stand out so much

bubbs

miss_corerupted wrote: »

OMG does having brace mean NO POP!!!!!! I'm going to have a brace soon and I love pop :eek::eek::eek::eek::eek: OMG OMG OMG

my nieces have pop:o

pattylabelle

Orthodontist treatment is always one of those services where the funding is under review - the service to children could be withdrawn at any time. The orthodontist (here anyway) has to put forward a strong case to the board for a child to be passed for treatment. If you are awarded the treatment you grab it like a glitch. It is worth a small fortune.

The funding will eventually disappear for most cases.

LEJC

miss_corerupted wrote: »

OMG does having brace mean NO POP!!!!!! I'm going to have a brace soon and I love pop :eek::eek::eek::eek::eek: OMG OMG OMG

It might do....
DS1 had fixed braces which were in effect glued to the fronts of his teeth,I'm sure theres a more technical term for it,but it seemed that the glue thats used to stick the braces on reacts with fizzy....if you drink too much then there can be the marks of where the braces were on the fronts of the teeth when they are removed...or so we were told....


In fairness I think he probably sneeked a few sips here and there but on the whole laid off the fizz for the time they were on....

bubbs

cheer1eader wrote: »

:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl: he's a bit worried about having a brace bless him as he's autistic & has been picked on in the past at school for being different so hope this doesn't start up again

Hope he does not get picked on:( really annoys me, what they did say was they hurt for 1st few days and when they tighten them:o