Home or away?

Teeth update:

After much too-ing and fro-ing I've finally got an appointment with a local dentist to have the brackets removed and removable retainers fitted, and this for about two-thirds of the cost quoted by the foreign dental company. I may still be going with them for the crowns but it'll take a lot of persuading for me to have an implant fitted.

To be honest, I've been less than impressed by the foreign dental company. As I said before, the proposal I was given made only a passing mention of bracket removal with only a verbal quote and no time scale, and when I tried to make an appointment for this in London (I was told their orthodontist only worked in London) they decided I needed to go to Budapest to commence the implant treatment (this is where the big money is). Obviously the plan was to get me there and then 'bully' me into having stuff done that I wasn't ready for (nor can afford at the moment). When they did finally get back to me about an appointment in London, the earliest they could offer was the middle of November! I'm just glad I did some phoning around.