Re: reni_mill - braces question

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Hi Reni-

Sad to say - insurance didn't cover my braces. That was firmly spelled out -

and my dental insur doesn't have a rider for adults - so the I'm paying for

those. I really don't have any complaints because the expensive part of the

whole thing - the surgery - is covered 100% and that is a real blessing.

Hope that helps

Cyndy

reni_mill wrote:

This may be a little personal, but did your insurance pay for your

braces. My dental insurance won't because I am over 21. However, my

health insurance says that they cover orthodontics if it is a

necessary part of treatment to correct a trauma or birth defect.

This sounds great, but the request has not been submitted yet and I

fear that there is a loop hole. Do you have any input.

> Morning Austria -

> Looks like you are either right before or right after me! I think

my surgeon's office has the best insurance person ever - she got my

proceedure approved not just once but twice because my employer

changed insurance carriers. (phew!!)

> I've had my surgery date for quite a while now - I live in Vermont

so surgery time at the hospital is booked well in advance. I've been

in braces for a little over a year now - although I never had them as

a kid. It was pretty clear that braces alone weren't going to fix my

overbite - and my parents just didn't have the insurance or the money

to do surgery when I was younger. So now I'm doing for myself.

> I will post pictures - the funny thing is that I never took any

head on pictures pre-treatment. Right now, after a year in braces -

my front teeth are pulled in straight and you can't really tell the

amount of overbite that was there before. Like you, I get lots of

headaches, and I also snore terribly because of my high narrow palate

and small airway.

> I see both my OS and OD on Aug 1 for my pre-surgical set-ups and

consult. It's not that far away now!

> have a good day

> Cyndy

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