JEM44 Posted February 9, 2015 Share Posted February 9, 2015 Hi, we have a 14 year old who is about 12/18 months away from having braces fitted, he still has a baby tooth which needs to come out before they will start straightening them. Question is, we are due to emigrate not long after this time and I wonder what others have done with their kids treatment? is it quite simple to find an orthodontist and is this covered on Medicare or is it a case of paying privately or do you need medical insurance etc? Thanks laura xx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyman Posted February 9, 2015 Share Posted February 9, 2015 forget medicare on Ortho .....ive had to pay $14,000 for two girls and have three chidren to go ......get it all done in UK if you can ....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyman Posted February 9, 2015 Share Posted February 9, 2015 its all private and lovely and go back as many times as you like but you pay for it ....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JEM44 Posted February 9, 2015 Author Share Posted February 9, 2015 Thanks for that. I will have to send him out to work!! Cant get get it done on the NHS now due to this baby tooth, unless I leave him behind, which to be fair would save me a fortune lol thankfully my daughter gets her braces off next month. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sumbler Posted February 9, 2015 Share Posted February 9, 2015 Hi, we have a 14 year old who is about 12/18 months away from having braces fitted, he still has a baby tooth which needs to come out before they will start straightening them. Question is, we are due to emigrate not long after this time and I wonder what others have done with their kids treatment? is it quite simple to find an orthodontist and is this covered on Medicare or is it a case of paying privately or do you need medical insurance etc? Thanks laura xx Hi, we have been back in the UK a year after being in Perth for two years, our daughter had various dental treatments whilst there.....cost us a fortune...and was quoted $13,000 for braces....we had private medical but ours only paid the first $2,000, I would defiantly check and budget for it as nothing is free! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bound4Tassie Posted February 9, 2015 Share Posted February 9, 2015 Have a chat with your dentist about taking the baby tooth out electively rather than waiting for it to come out naturally. There may be a reason they can't but it's worth asking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JEM44 Posted February 9, 2015 Author Share Posted February 9, 2015 Sadly they can't take it out, they have to let the adult tooth finish growing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caramac Posted February 9, 2015 Share Posted February 9, 2015 Just start saving now. Even if you take out private health insurance there is usually a waiting time before you can claim. From memory, all the funds we looked at had a waiting time between 18 months to 2 years for ortho treatment. Even then, as someone else said, the max pay out was $2/3k depending on which fund we looked at. its hugely expensive. We paid £2k, I think, in the UK for our eldest. Middle one was bad enough to qualify for nhs treatment and had her small op and 'blocks' in the UK before we moved. We were then quoted $9k for her simple fixed appliance which we were told she'd need for four years. A year later we came back to the UK and she went back on the nhs and her ortho thought the job was done, so took the brace off and gave her a retainer. Five years later her teeth are still perfect, so I don't think she really did need four years of 'treatment'. Start a piggy bank! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Que Sera Sera Posted February 9, 2015 Share Posted February 9, 2015 Average from what I've seen is $ 6000. All my friends kids who have had it done have been given payment options so you don't hasvr to pay for it up front. Our 13 year old is waiting on a few milk teeth too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JEM44 Posted February 9, 2015 Author Share Posted February 9, 2015 Thanks for all your help, looks like it's one more thing to add to the budget! Our orthodontist said it wasn't a straight forward case,might have to chose between nice teeth and college!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NickyNook Posted February 9, 2015 Share Posted February 9, 2015 Most orthodontists spread the total cost over 3 years. That means that the $2-3k per annum maximum claim amount from private health funds just about covers the total cost if the cost is $6-7k. My sons' orthodontist did anyway. We didn't have to pay any money out of our own pocket as the health fund covered it al. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunbury61 Posted February 10, 2015 Share Posted February 10, 2015 Hi, we have a 14 year old who is about 12/18 months away from having braces fitted, he still has a baby tooth which needs to come out before they will start straightening them. Question is, we are due to emigrate not long after this time and I wonder what others have done with their kids treatment? is it quite simple to find an orthodontist and is this covered on Medicare or is it a case of paying privately or do you need medical insurance etc? Thanks laura xx Just had our 14 yr olds teeth braced privately herre in the UK.......x rays.....consultations...white ceramic braces top and bottom £3200.....all in Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Que Sera Sera Posted February 10, 2015 Share Posted February 10, 2015 Most orthodontists spread the total cost over 3 years. That means that the $2-3k per annum maximum claim amount from private health funds just about covers the total cost if the cost is $6-7k. My sons' orthodontist did anyway. We didn't have to pay any money out of our own pocket as the health fund covered it al. Ooh good tip. We e been paying major dental for 5 years now, so I'll give that ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JockinTas Posted February 10, 2015 Share Posted February 10, 2015 Most orthodontists spread the total cost over 3 years. That means that the $2-3k per annum maximum claim amount from private health funds just about covers the total cost if the cost is $6-7k. My sons' orthodontist did anyway. We didn't have to pay any money out of our own pocket as the health fund covered it al. Did the same. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cerberus1 Posted February 10, 2015 Share Posted February 10, 2015 Average from what I've seen is $ 6000. All my friends kids who have had it done have been given payment options so you don't hasvr to pay for it up front. Our 13 year old is waiting on a few milk teeth too. That's pretty much the same for us. $6000 for youngest son, we paid $1900 deposit, then $270 per visit spread over the 2 years of treatment. We'll get back $1400 through private medical insurance over the 2 year period. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elzawelza Posted February 10, 2015 Share Posted February 10, 2015 I had orthodontic work done in Australia and whilst my parents paid for the braces themselves (no idea on price sorry; it was 13 or so years ago) and I also had an operation to correct a bad overbite which was covered under private health insurance...which was amazing in its own right because I got my own room in a private hospital with amazing staff looking after me xx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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