APA Guidelines for Practitioners. 1  Professional Practice Guidelines for Occupationally Mandated Psychological Evaluations. 2  Professional Practice Guidelines for Integrating the Role of Work and Career Into Psychological Practice. 3  Guidelines for Psychological Practice with Transgender and Gender Nonconforming People (PDF, 617KB)
It depends on your treatment, but the average adult has braces for 18 months to 3 years. It usually costs between $5,000 and $6,000. Other braces: If having a metal smile bothers you, ceramic braces are another option. The brackets are the color of your teeth, which makes them harder to see.
When a patient initially gets their braces placed on their teeth, they will have some discomfort or sore teeth. The normal period of time to get use to braces, right after they are placed, is about one week or less. The majority of discomfort is the day after the braces are placed. That day is the hardest.