Jesse, that was my situation when I started Invisalign - my teeth weren't THAT crooked, but were getting worse. Now they are straight, and I am much more confident about my smile (I never realized how much that crooked front tooth bothered me). Invisalign is not cheap, but it may not be as expensive as you think either. It was worth it, to me, to be able to eat and brush my teeth normally. As to whether they'll wonk out again, they will, but at the end of your alignment, you get a permanent retainer (probably just the last aligner), which you should wear at night to keep them from sliding back into old habits. I got used to it fast and it really is no problem. It also keeps me fromo clenching my teeth at night.
So, tl;dr, it's def. worth it to consult an orthodontist who has experience with Invisalign.
Yeah, I was just talking to my coworker who has it, and I had forgotten about the retainer part -- I already sleep with a mouthguard, so that won't be anything new. She said hers is about $5K. So maybe I will see about a consult!
It was just the right weather for a walk down to the harbor. So that's what I did at lunch.
And now we have a hummer in the quiet room...
Yep, mine was $5K also, but that covered *everything* - office visits, adjustments, the whole thing.
I just looked, and my dental insurance says I only have to pay $2K for orthodontia! I wonder if invisalign counts for that. Crap, now I really want to figure this thing out.
You only have to pay, or it will only pay the first $2000? Mine is the latter, and I hear that's considered good insurance.
Ugh, the guy in Australia who keeps using my email address for things has struck again. Now I'm getting travel quotes for Sydney to Fiji.
He's my Australian Tino.
You only have to pay, or it will only pay the first $2000? Mine is the latter, and I hear that's considered good insurance.
I can't quite tell, but either way, if the "actual" cost is $5K, that sounds pretty good, no? Plus tax savings with an FSA.
You only have to pay, or it will only pay the first $2000? Mine is the latter, and I hear that's considered good insurance.
Yeah, mine wouldn't cover me at all. I can only get orthodontia for my (non-existent) children.
That sounds worth it to me.
Man, facebook's new algorithms focusing on article links makes facebook feel like flipboard to me. A really, really bad flipboard with articles picked out by people whose interests are completely unrelated, and perhaps actively counter to mine.
Since facebook is acquaintanceville for me, and most of my acquaintances are people who share my upbringing, and most of my political, ecological, and entertainment interest are now basically perpendicular to that upbringing, it's really annoying.
I am pseudo-quitting social media over sabbatical (sabbatical has started!) by lurking, mostly. So the fact that I'm not interacting with any of the personal info stuff means that over the year, my feed will become less and less interesting to me.
