Why Invisalign versus old fashion wired bracket braces?

Around $5500 but then dental insurance did pay half.

I think I was quoted $5500 or so but got a pretty steep discount by paying it all up front.

We paid $5500 with no insurance for both kids.

Anonymous wrote:Man I’m getting ripped off in Arlington.

about what are you paying?

Man I’m getting ripped off in Arlington.

$5500, including extraction, braces, and retainer. Treatment is 2 years.

Yep. Around $5k, plus some offer a ‘retainers for life’ deal.

I have pretty good insurance (covers half) so my out of pocket is a bit more than $3k. That's for 2 years of braces and headgear starting at age 12.

Child previously had headgear only, at age 9-10. I'm hoping a second round of braces won't be needed after what we're doing now, but they inherited my awful jaw so who knows.

Anonymous wrote:How common are multiple rounds?

I think this may partially depend on the ortho and what is needed. Ours waited until all baby teeth were out to start but my kid needed expander, herbst appliance and braces. We are about 9 months in and it sounds like we have about 6-8 to go with both appliances coming out next month and bottom braces going on. $5500 after ins (which isn’t coving very much).

Anonymous wrote:That is really cheap. My kid's is $8000 for 18 months, but it is 100% OOP.

My kid's is about the same, and included a couple rounds of extractions including an oral surgeon. The increase in the premium I'd have to pay for a policy that gave any ortho coverage only made sense if I also had mine done at the same time, and the timing didn't work out.

Anonymous wrote:We’re in Arlington, Invisalign, one teen $5034 after insurance, the other $5946 after (started about 6-9 months later so costs went up). about 18 months for total treatment. We paid a deposit $500, then the payments were spread out over 18 months. There was a slight discount if you paid in full but not a significant amount.

After????

We don’t have dental insurance and paid $3500. Went on a deal time - Arlington too.

Dentist, not ortho

Anonymous wrote:Hi,
Approximately, how much did your kid's braces/ invisalign cost you after insurance?
I was quoted approx. $ 4,500 -$ 4,900 and was told it would take about 16 months for my kid to wear it (this is after insurance). Is this about right?

Thanks!

That was our ballpark cost about 4 years ago. They said up to 18 months but she was done in about a year.

Shop around. Our ortho said pricing was basically the max the insurance allowed.

My teen’s was $5300, my insurance covers $3500