Well get a phone call from the wife saying that one of our granddaughters we have custody of has to have braces for 18 months. Dang the price shocked me. It's like a small loan at the bank.

Was about 4k for my daughter.

6700 for my daughter's about 6yrs ago.

My oldest son was $5000.

Check into UAB. I friend of mine had to have them done and said the price was a good bit cheaper

Cost won't end after 18 months either! Cause it'll be retainers and more retainers on and on and on it never ends

I could be cruising in a new Polaris ranger 1,000 loaded out for what I have spent on both my boys teeth

Most places will finance the braces for you. They want a down payment and then monthly payments after that

Both my boy's braces were $3500-3800. They were 3 years apart. I just paid for them up front (equity line of credit) as their financing added considerably and the interest on my equity line is a tax write off.

My son is getting his off May 10. His cost $5,500.00. I paid for it all at once. But, they would let you make a $500 down payment and pay the rest off monthly over 2 years. Host orthodontist offered 0% interest on the payments.

Get a second opinion.

My son gets his off May 17th. I'm $5500 lighter in the pocketbook.

EDIT....I'm only $4000 lighter in the pocketbook, as insurance covered $1500 of it.

My youngun had them. Seems like they ran around 4K. Just made a payment at each months visit. Last visit equaled the last payment.

$1600 out of pocket ten years ago for what they called early phase treatment (braces). At the time insurance covered the first $1800 if memory serves.

Oldest 2 kids had them a $5000 each. Now youngest supposedly needs them. He’s 13 and his teeth are not that much out of line and he doesn’t complain of any issues. With the oldest kids ( 26,23 ) I can’t tell a ton of difference either because their teeth were not that bad. So I’ll give it a few more years.

How many kids do y’all remember having braces when you were young? I’m thinking the braces thing is a racket.

Winner winner chicken dinner!

Between my two sons and the wife, I paid for FIVE sets of braces. Did get a t-shirt out of the deal.

Momma doesn't want little Johnny to look bad. People on Facebook may make fun of him. My front teeth were so crocked in school I was called "snags". In 7th grade I got braces. Name still stuck.

2+1 ......= 3 not five? Do tell

My daughter's teeth were very much in need of braces and took A LOT of work. Some probably don't need them, I would've paid double for my daughter to get her teeth pretty and straight.