After <final photo after orthodontic treatment without wearing the retainer> Before <teeth became crooked again before orthodontic treatment> I started in the summer of 2018, had a lingual retainer attached in March 2020, and switched to a removable retainer where one metal wire is visible in front during daily use. I am wearing the retainer except when eating.
I had orthodontic treatment once over 10 years ago, but it was not completely finished, and I was using a retainer only while sleeping. While living abroad for about a year, I lost my retainer, and my teeth gradually became misaligned After returning to Korea, I looked into dental clinics, had a consultation at N Dental Clinic, and proceeded with orthodontic treatment. In conclusion, I am satisfied.
There are always many people, and it feels like a factory-style system with several people waiting. The specialist briefly looks at each person lying side by side? in the chairs, handles only the important parts, and the rest is done by the hygienists? staff members.
Still, I am satisfied both in terms of price and results. You should be prepared for one dental visit to take about 1 to 1 hour and 30 minutes.
Even in the early days of COVID, the hospital did not postpone my schedule several times; rather, even when my own schedule changed a lot, they responded kindly.
I had already had many teeth extracted during my previous orthodontic treatment, so I did not have any extractions here. When needed, they proceeded while shaving? the outer surfaces of the teeth. The twisted front teeth and the teeth coming down and making me look like I had rabbit teeth were almost all corrected. At the end, they attached lingual retainers only to the four front teeth of the upper and lower jaws. Before attaching them, there were some ambiguous areas around the neighboring teeth that seemed to need treatment, so they recommended that I get examined and confirmed at another dental clinic first. The point was that once a retainer is attached, it lasts a lifetime, so if it has to be removed and reattached later because of treatment for cavities nearby, it costs extra money and time; therefore, I should treat anything that needs treatment before attaching it. Although this clinic also has a prosthodontics department(?), considering that making another appointment and visiting again would likely take a long time, and that getting prosthodontic treatment at a dental clinic near where I live would probably be more efficient in terms of cost and time, I did it at another clinic. They did not directly state the reason, but the fact that they suggested it would be more convenient to do it at another clinic gave me a slight impression that they were conscientious.
Anyway, I am satisfied, and from May this year, I only need to wear the retainer while sleeping ♥ Everyone, keep your teeth healthy.
Oh, as an aside, I once lost my retainer, so I paid about 300,000 won to have it made again. I recommend buying two or three retainer cases and keeping them wherever you go and carrying one around... If you put it on a tissue because it is annoying and think, “I’ll wear it again in a bit,” it is easy to forget it, like I did. Sob sob