We payed $4190.00 for our DD braces. She's had them on since Nov of 2007. So we got the exciting news from her Orthodontist that they will be finally coming off 2nd week of March(which happens to be during her HS tryouts). Day before her dr. appt to get them removed, she's pitching to batters and gets nailed in the mouth by a line drive. First time she's gotten hit. No facemask or No mouth piece with a mouthfull of braces equals a very bad nasty jacked-up painfull cuts in your mouth! I've tried and tried to get her to wear her mouth piece or facemask but, she always came-up with a reason for herself not too...She doesn't have one now.