Before you find a Dentist

Here is a report survey I found on the web that documents a list of areas and rough average costs for normal braces.

USA

NorthWest
Idaho N. Idaho $5,184 (Damon brackets)
Oregon Portland suburbs $5,500
Washington Seattle $5,700
Wyoming Casper $4,200


SouthWest & California
Texas unknown $4,500
Texas Austin $5,500
Texas Houston $4,800
California San Jose area $5,620
California SF East Bay area $4,500
California Los Angeles $4,000
California SF Peninsula area $5,000
Arizona Phoenix $4,200
Arizona Phoenix suburbs $3,250


Central States
Illinois Chicago suburbs $5,500
Illinois Chicago city $3,975
South Dakota Sioux Falls $5,225
Wisconsin SE area $4,600
Indiana Logansport $4,500
Ohio Cleveland $2,500
Ohio Cincinnati $5,000
Michigan Ann Arbor $5,000
Iowa Central area $3,700


NorthEast
Washington D.C. Washington suburbs $3,600 (speed braces)
Connecticut New Haven $5,200
New Hampshire Manchester suburbs $5,980
Virginia Fishersville $4,650
Maryland Annapolis $4,000


SouthEast
Georgia Atlanta $4,700
North Carolina Raleigh $5,985 (with expanders)
North Carloina Charlotte $4,600
North Carolina Ashville $4,245
Florida Orlando $5,000
Tennessee Nashville $2,850 (six months)


Island Territories and Alaska
No data available yet


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Canada

Vancouver C $5,557, $5400
Montreal C $4,800
Newfoundland (Grand Falls) C $1,200 (top treatment only)
Edmonton C $5,500
Ontario C $5,200
Ottawa C $6,900



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Mexico, and Central and South America

No data available yet



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Europe and the UK

Poland Warsaw PLN 5,200
France 3,500 Euro
Scotland 2,200 Pounds
Ireland Galway 3,500 Euro
Ireland Dublin 5,500 Euro
Great Britain Somerset 2,100 Pounds (Damon Brackets)
Germany 3,660 Euro
Finland Helsinki 3,000 Euro



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Asia and SouthEast Asia

No data available yet



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Africa and South Africa

South Africa Capetown R17,000



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New Zealand

unknown city NZ $4,500
unknown city NZ $3,800



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Austrialia

Melbourne suburbs AU $4,400
Melbourne city AU $5,500+
Sydney (New South Wales) AU $5,770

Hope this would be useful to those that are starting off

Thanks for that info. I have done some searching of my own. I have looked at the cost over the internet and also called upon my local dentists in my area. I have found that prices really vary from dentist to dentist.

[mariahfromchicago]

Interesting, get some quotes from Venezuela and Naples, Florida!