Lingual Braces: Stories

I'm getting my extraction gaps reopened without surgery, you can follow my case on youtube, ccarrieb I wish you the best, so many tried to sell me on surgery, really going to a functional ortho is the best option.

Is sounds like your problem is with the extractions... not the lingual braces. It's not really fair to blame the lingual braces for the effect extractions had on your face.

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Wow! What horror stories! To correct an overbite, I had lingual braces (metal only) on my upper teeth and conventional, metal braces on my lower teeth. The lingual braces gave me a speech impediment, so I worked with my orthodontist to time the switch to buccal (front of my teeth), ceramic braces as soon as the overbite correction advantage of lingual appliances was gone. My problem is gum recession -- something not mentioned at all in the contract. Adult orthodontic patients have their teeth forced out of their permanent position. Juvenile (typical age) patients have their teeth guided to what will be their permanent position. Adult patients must use retainers for life.

I have had braces as a teenager and again after the lingual braces were removed. You can not even compare the pain with the traditional braces. I agree it is barbaric.
When I took it to the board my intention was only to show the doctor how serious I was. Never crossed my mind that they would do anything to punish the doctor. I din't have that ilusion that they would. However to my surprise they felt there were enough evidence to start an investigation. And they open a full investigation. It took 10 months with them asking the doctor and I for more evidences and explanations. Things got so serious that I got in the ilusion that somethng would happen afterall and he must had been losing sleep over as he asked me. How much I wanted to remove my complaint. I declined the offer. He then made an offer to give of $2.000 just for me to write a letter to the board saying that we have resolved the issues. I declined.
I then wrote a letter to the board letting them know that an offer was made to withdraw. I thougth that alone would put him in trouble. But int he end, he got no punishment. He still advertizes that he can fix your teeth in 3 to 10 months. One of the reasons I chose lingual braces is that he told me he could fix my teeth in 7 months.

Sonia, what did the Dental Board do? Slap him on the wrist?

To the person who had it removed after 3 days. I so wish my orthodontist had listend to me. After 15 days I said I couln't take anymore, I had regular braces on when I was a teenager and I know what the pain is like. But the pain of lingual braces were not normal. He conviced me to keep them, made it difficult to get out of the contract e.t.c. To make a long story short after about 10 months I had to have them removed and start a new treatment with the traditional braces. He had messed up with my bite and my smile. I took him to the Dental Board.

well I have been in invisalign and the lingual Braces and i feel the lingual braces are the way to go! All braces are going to hurt a little, beasue your teeth are moving! and i think that the "plastic surgery" thing is a little extream!!

I feel for you.
I went to an ortho for Invisilign and he conviced me to use lingual braces. In 15 days I went there to have the braces removed. But he again convinced me to keep the braces. It was a nightmare....the disconfort is unbelivable. The pain and eve the result wasn't worth it.
I wouldn't wish lingual braces on my worst enemy.

I got teeth removed when I had braces and it definately make a difference. I hate it. And not i have to get braces again, but I will mostlikely do invisalign. Much cheaper.

Sorry to hear about your horrible experience with lingual braces. I had them put in a few years back and they were so painful that I had the orthodontist remove them after 3 days. I then had the old-fashioned braces, and everything was fine, though I did have a mouthful of ceramic braces for 18 months.