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Originally Posted by jayswin
Also, I don't know how wealthy you are, but your suggestion about paying for them to get to where they need to be likely entails $2500 minimum in "first time in years" checkups, xrays, cavity and other work, plus $8000 for proper Invisalign work from an orthodontist. If they have standard work benefits knock maybe $2-$2500 off.
I mean, if you can afford over $10k for a friend because you feel bad for how he looks, all the power to you. (And yes, I realize you may very well be affluent enough to do that for a friend).
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I understand the cost. It's not like it would be a nothing for me, but if I can find a way to do this I would be happy to pay because I think the cost to their life by not doing it will be far more substantial than the cost to my life to do it. You can't save everyone and all that, but in this case it's a person who has been handed every difficult hand a person can be handed and the dental issue is almost the physical/visual representation of a good person getting a raw deal. I would pay to make that go away for them.
You're right about trying to 'trick' them, though. They'll see through it. I'm honestly not sure that - barring them actually asking me for help - there is a way to do this that won't crush them. Maybe I'll have to wait for teeth to start falling out and then offer to assist.