[Closed] Online teeth straightening any experiences?

Have you tried a dentist in northern France? You could combine it with a short break. Based on family experience it may be much cheaper even with a holiday.

or if you want a holiday a bit further afield, thailand is a lot cheaper than over here too, again based on family experience.

Tell her you love her just the way she is and spend the money on a bike 😀

I can’t vouch for sadexpunk’s Thai dentistry, however the French work is comparable to good dental work done in the UK.

Poland is lovely this time of year

maybe I'm being a bit dim...how does one get their teeth straightened online?

and any recommendations for overseas dentists (I have some expensive work to be done in the next few years)

How can you get your teeth straightened online? Do you have to send them off somewhere? 😐

EDIT : 18 seconds too late, but at least I'm not the only one wondering.

How can you get your teeth straightened on a holiday to France?

Book in at a French dentist whilst you are there, then arrange you holidays around further work. My experience is of a crown, a filling and a tooth extraction. I just suggested check it out - that kind of work may not be viable for some due to the frequency of travel.

hmmmm..... is it not obvious that you would make an appointment 'online' in france, and then build a holiday around that flight to make it worthwhile, getting a holiday in for the same price (or less) than the 'dental work only' in the UK?

at least i think thats what the suggestion is.

You can't get teeth straightened in one appointment

maybe I’m being a bit dim…how does one get their teeth straightened online?

You pay someone to photoshop all your social media photos.

If your wife only has one front tooth, I doubt that it being a bit crooked is what anyone will notice. And, as above, how do you straighten teeth online?

They send you a mould in the post. You do the mould. Send it back and they send you the invisiline braces as far as I'm aware

How can you get your teeth straightened on a holiday to France?

Ask for your steak well-done?

You can’t get teeth straightened in one appointment

For straightening you would need several breaks or holidays. It was a suggestion to check out, it may be viable for the OP. I wasn’t instructing him.

My Dad went to Hungry for his, he was living in the Middle East at the time. Apparently they're known for excellent work, anyway he's happy they did a great job and it saved him thousands.

There's a few places that promise a lot for not much money, my Wife wants hers done, I think she's gorgeous but her teeth aren't straight.

There's place that's advertising on TV at the moment. You go along to a 'shop' they scan your teeth and it's £100 a month for these clear plastic braces you wear. "typically it takes 6 months". Which is a bit misleading as you might think it costs £600, it's not, it's £1200 on a finance deal over 12 months, but that's way cheaper than the dentist. We were quoted £2400 for some old-school steel jobs.

I guess they 3d model your teeth then use the computer to make progressively straighter braces like gum shields, which you have to wear at night. It sounds uncomfortable.

My Dad went to Hungry for his

Hungry sounds like the kind of place where good teeth would be useful 😀

Globalti is correct. It’s the same as the Invisalign system. It’s cheaper than the same kind of system through a normal dentist practice for the same reason direct bike sales are cheaper than buying from your local shop. It has similar disadvantages.

Also worth noting that there is a lot more finesse and flexibility in the way teeth can be moved and therefore better results in many cases (esp if they’re more complex) using the “train track braces”.

My advice would be that you do get what you pay for to a certain extent and going to see a specialist orthodontist is the safest and best way to a good result.

A colleague has had Invisalign done, they had to go to the dentist occasionally for moulds and check ups but far fewer appointments than I had with train track braces so was a fair bit cheaper.

Given how a proper mould of your teeth is taken, I would never trust a full DIY/online method. It's not like moulding a gumshield.

My good lady just did the Invisalign teeth straightening thing £1500 over 12 months. A bit of 3-D modelling then gum shields for about 5 months, they straightened remarkably quickly, then a permanent fixture behind her teeth. She's well chuffed, took a bit of getting used to, but regular trips to the dentist for next set of gum shields and checks meant everything has gone fine.

White101 I'm guessing that was with the dentist and not online service ?

I was thinking about getting Micro Sims a Whyte 101 after his balance bike

I had a tooth punched out at the age of 12, resulting in a pinned cap on top of a broken lower. Over the next 27 years, things moved around and the damaged tooth needed repairing again.

In my case, the simplest thing was to have the damaged tooth extracted and then braces top and bottom to align everything and make the bite straight. This is costing around £4.5k all-in.

The amount of straightening I needed was quite modest. It might have been possible to do so using the plastic aligners that online companies use, but really I think these are only ok if you have a very, very straightforward case and don't value the human interaction with a dentist. As it was - for me - the thing I felt most comfortable with is regularly seeing an expert, which is what makes up most of the additional costs of "offline" solutions.

it was

If your wife only has one front tooth, I doubt that it being a bit crooked is what anyone will notice

Especially if you married a narwhal

Quality stw.

I get the going abroad for good, cheaper treatment and tying it to a holiday, but when? Getting it done first thing and then spending the holiday with post work toothache / fear of dry socket, etc. would ruin the holiday, and I dislike the dentist enough that if I knew I was due dental work at the end of the trip in a week's time I wouldn't be able to enjoy the holiday either!

I had mine done on the nhs for free at leeds dental institute. Was referred by my nhs dentist.

Looked at invisaline, seems to be a similar service to online but couldn't do rotations so sacked it off.