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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][b]We’re a two parent house, college educated, decent careers[/b]. Even with supposed good insurance we really struggled to pay for braces for our two oldest. My youngest daughter plays on a cheap YMCA sports league and it seems basically every lower income teen her age has braces. Meanwhile we’re still saving $ to put her in braces. Where do they all find the $ for orthodontia? I’m at a loss as to how this is possible. [/quote]

I'm struggling to understand how you can't come up with $3K - before insurance.

If you have two incomes, and decent careers - where is all of your income going. [/quote]

[b]Two years of braces and everything is not $3k - more like $5k+[/b]. And even if it was, that’s more than their car is worth, in some cases. [/quote]

then you're getting royally ripped off.  [/quote]

You and the other person who said it was $4-10K are TOTALLY getting ripped off.  I've got 2 kids in braces now and a 3rd one will get them next year.  We pay about $2,500 for each kid.  It's a set rate and includes all visits/follow up.  [/quote]

you are naive. it depends on what is wrong with your kids' bites.  glad you got lucky. [/quote]

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