I only remember vaguely how much my braces cost back in '99 and it was rather ridiculous. So, its probably double/triple that now. I know the little dental pieces I have to wear for my tmj are ridiculous. I've lost the retainer a few times, but the policy is the first replace is free. I got lucky though, they switched to a new computer system the second time I lost it years later, so they didn't have me down on record as 'this is his #2' lol. So it was free.