How much does it cost to have an oral surgeon expose impacted canine teeth and put brackets and chains on them?

In addition to considering the cost of such a procedure, you need to think about the considerable hygiene issue you're suggesting. How do you plan on eating food with such hardware present? How do you plan on effectively cleaning such hardware? From Muse314159 - Chicagoborn, this is an oral surgery procedure. It is not a cosmetic or body jewelry question. The canines might be impacted, and there is a procedure to cut (expose) the cuspids, attach a gold button to each tooth, and a small chain that is then connected to the rest of the stuff. A small elastic thread is fixed through a loop on the chain, and as the cuspid is pulled into position, the thread is moved up to the next link and the dangling link cut off. Once the tooth is in position, it can be aligned for the rest of the orthodontic treatment. I've heard everything from $1500 per tooth on up to expose and ligate (add the bracket and chain).