I always have an appointment every 6 months.

Well actually it's a status symbol in the Philippines if you have braces. When I came in England, I registered straight away to a dentist and asked her to remove my braces. I don't want my patients to see the food that I just ate when I'm communicating with them. Now I regularly visits my dentist. All of us in the family including my kids are all registered on the same dentist.