There is a fee for tooth correction. But who pays the cost depends on your insurance type.

If it is a standard public insurance student medical insurance, it will not be responsible for teeth correction.

If it is covered by private insurance, it depends on the specific type of insurance you and the insurance company cover, and whether there is any description of teeth correction.

If you don’t have insurance at all, you’ll have to pay out of pocket.

In addition, children’s insurance in Germany is bundled with their parents (for example, after the parents have public insurance, the children do not need to pay additional insurance fees until the children reach adulthood.) The so-called “children are free” , is also based on the expensive insurance that parents have paid for many years. The situation you heard probably does not apply to foreign children.