Our 15 yr old ASD DD has worn a mouth retainer and is now wearing train tracks. He has had a few sensory issues a d had to go in a few times as bits of the retainer were coming off due to his fiddling with it. The lovely lady we saw is now on maternity leave and we have to now see the male co-owner of the practice. As some of my son's brace had come undone he gave my son a real telling off and told me very clearly that only two breakages will be funded by the NHS and anything afterwards has to be paid by me privately. I felt his tone was extremely threatening and I don't know if he is correct. Furthermore, due to the practice's negligence in telling my son that he could wear a broken retainer (which resulted in my son swallowing half of it) he had to be rushed to A&E and have to have surgery to have it removed.
I'd love any advice that you may have regarding what to do if the orthodontist tells me to pay for any future breakages