Do I reall Need braces 2 more years

I need open bite sugery. i have had braces 2 times. The first time I finished it 18 months, then moved. My insurance changed so they said i would have to get a new referal to a oral surgon. So i went to the dentist and he said i should go to the orthodotist first and he knew a really good guy that was across the hall. The orthodontist said i would need braces again to align my teeth and close reopen bite before the surgery and would need a full round of braces and it would be 2500 after insurance. I was very surprised because my teeth looked very straight to me, but my mom said since the ortodontist said it i have to get braces again. so after i finished this my teeth looked exactly the same and i couldnt offers to do the sugery. now fast foward a few years. Im 21 now still on my moms insurance and i went to a new orthodontist to get a referral to a oral surgeon and The orthodontis said he didnt think braces could close my bite but I should get them any way to help align my teeth.

I told him that i had braces already and i really didnt want to do it a agin because there embarassing they hurt and i cant eat the stuff i like. So he said why don\'t you go to the oral surgeon first and see if he can do it without braces again. Then he left and went down the hall to go change some bands on a kid. The lady that doest the insurance came in and said that i could do 14 to 18 moths with the metal or ceramic braces and i told her that i thought i was just getting a referral. and she said she talked to the orthodontist and he said that i would need to get the braces first and the insurance said it would be 2000 for the metal and 2500 for the ceramic. and after having this huge weight drp to my stomach i asked well how much is the invisilign.

She said my insurance dosent cover it. But after she saw how sad i was by that she said but i can double check so she went and checked and came back and said it covers 1000 of it but the ortho dosnet think it will benifit u as well as the metal for your situation. but my hole thing is you didnt even talk to him because i can see him from wear im sitting and theres only one orthodontist here. and when i asked her why hes said that after telling me something else she said that he changed his mind after talking to the sugeon. But she didnt know that i could see that he had not gooten up that whiole time and that not enough tim had passed for him to do that anyway. so my question is are they just trying to get the money from me getting braces? and what should I do.ale

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