Ceramic Braces to Finish the Job Invisalign Didn't - Houston, TX

Well, I had a difficult time trying to convince Dr. Bhagia that I would not be happy unless he slanted my teeth straight down. He was concerned that slanting them too much was not healthy. At one point he didn't tell me that he was going to extremely contort all of my teeth to one side to move certain teeth and they looked like a declining staircase. On that day he had also done some small spacing filing or drilling and I did not look at my teeth till I got home and then when I say all of my teeth looked crooked I accused him of shaving them uneven!!! He emailed me and told me I was overreacting, he did not shave them that way he slanted them that way near the end to move certain teeth. We agreed at the end that from now on he will explain something so extreme before he surprises me. I have not posted that photo. It's too ugly. But here's some progress. Now they are looking slanted down and looking beautiful. Hope you like them.

I went in as scheduled. Dr. Bhagia was friendlier. He pointed out that some of the reason my teeth had looked bowed out to the left on the 5th Ortho visit was because they were pulling all those teeth to the right to align the center spaces of my lower and upper teeth. He said he thought about what I said the last visit and although he might not be able to medically push my teeth back as far as I wish he would certainly try to push them back much more, because customer service is valued and the customers idea is important,and now he had a better understanding of what I want him to do. So on this visit they shaved some of my fatter teeth on the lower teeth to bring them back and in more to enable my upper front teeth to be pushed back. They put chains on under the wire, (instead of over the wire like before) to really pull on the teeth. Wow, did I feel the pull. I asked them to get aggressive and pull them back and push them down and I could feel that they listened. I could feel my teeth crackle under the pressure. My gums were very sore but I left with a satisfaction that Dr. Bhagia did finally listen to me and respect my wishes. I tried to upload current photos but could not on this day. I promise to do so later.

After my 5th Ortho visit the office called me in to discuss if I had issues with the movement of my teeth. I did, if you look at the photos I posted for that visit. I was not happy. I was not happy that my teeth were not pushed back more. Dr. Bhagia seemed upset at me. He sort of argued with me and said he told me he could not push my teeth back too much at the beginning of our consultation, and wondered why I was upset now. I was upset now because I felt that he could definately still push the front upper teeth back m-u-c-h more. I felt like he was not hearing what I wanted and wanted to just do what he wanted. I told him I would not be happy if he could not push them back more. I said I loved slanted down teeth like Avril Lavine's. He said he didn't like her tooth slant. We argued back and forth. He said medically a person only has so much bone for the teeth to slant and slanting them too much is unhealthy for the teeth. I said if he did not agree to push my teeth further down and back that I just wasted $4,400 on ceramic braces and I felt devastated. He told me if I was that unhappy he would give me a refund. I only owe him $200 on the balance and told him I did NOT want a refund. I wanted my idea of beautiful teeth. That may not be his or anyone else's but all my life I hated the prominent projection of my upper front teeth. This was the one thing I loathed each and everytime I looked into a mirror and for me the only cure is pushing those teeth way back. I left upset. I chose not to write my review then because a review is never good to write when you are angry. I agreed to come back to Dr. Bhagia's office in 4 weeks for a follow-up imagining that we would still be in a deadlock and I wasted $4,400 and there was little I could do...