Posts tagged “thumb sucking”

Should we change dentist so that my daughter can get orthodontic help?

January 8th, 2013
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Hi there, my daughter has just turned ten years old and has just stopped sucking her thumb. My current dentist says that her jaw is still forming and all the appropriate teeth have not come in yet. He does not offer a brace facility but would refer me to one.Is it wise for all the family to move to another dentist where the dentist treats kids on the NHS if a brace may be required and for my husband and myself to go private as we are now? I am just thinking for the future as she has sucked her thumb for so long.

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Darsh Patel 8 Central Parade, St Mark's Hill, Surbiton, KT6 4PJ Web: www.invisibrace.co.uk Tel: 020 8399 6333

My arches won’t line up as a result of thumb sucking as a child. Would orthodontics provide a solution?

February 17th, 2012
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Hi Mr Patel,
I was just wondering if you can give me rough idea what treatment you think i would need. I have an overbite due to sucking my thumb when i was young and i my top & bottom arches do not match up, i know you wont know 100% what treatment till you see me but if you could just give me a rough idea. I have seen another dentist and paid quite a bit just for a consultation & was not happy with what they told me as i believe they were just trying to get as much money as they could out of me. I do have all the details they wrote about my teeth if that would help. I am hoping i can have braces that can be put behind the teeth, do you do that?
Also do you charge for consultations? If so how much?
Hope to hear from you soon

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Darsh Patel 8 Central Parade, St Mark's Hill, Surbiton, KT6 4PJ Web: www.invisibrace.co.uk Tel: 020 8399 6333