Anyone ever stop wearing their retainers??

[RMSistight]

Originally posted by: jinduy
i just recently tried it on for a night and it was tight as heck and left my mouth really sore... it also left a nice blue spot on my right big front tooth which has been here for the past week no matter how hard i scrub it with toothpaste/pick and all.


anyhow, anyone know if it's okay to start wearing my retainers again or have they shifted too much and my retainers can only do worse to my teeth?

You should continue to wear your retainers at least when you go to sleep. One of my tooth shifted a little bit. I mean, it's barely noticable but it still would have been nice to have my straight teeth back. It's not that hard to do man! Wear them when you go to sleep!

 

[allisolm]

As a parent who paid thousands of dollars (the military didn't pay one red cent toward dependent orthodontic work) for braces for two children I weep to see how many of you don't wear the retainers. :brokenheart: If your parents paid for the braces, I'd advise you not to mention the non-wearing to them unless you're confident about the condition of their hearts and I sure hope you don't regret the non-wearing years from now.

 

[Thraxen]

I made the mistake of not wearing mine. My upper teeth did fine and stayed put, but my lower teeth shifted and are now a little more crooked than I would like. I've thought about going back and have my lower teeth fixed.

 

[RMSistight]

Originally posted by: Thraxen
I made the mistake of not wearing mine. My upper teeth did fine and stayed put, but my lower teeth shifted and are now a little more crooked than I would like. I've thought about going back and have my lower teeth fixed.

My point exactly. Listen to allisolm too.

 

[Lash444]

Wore mine for a number of years afterwards...then just slowly stopped. Teeth are fine...and not crooked, so im not going to worry about it.

 

[notfred]

Originally posted by: VietDude
I stopped wearing retainer like a couple days after i took off braces, and only wore it once a couple of weeks. Now I eventually stopped wearing them. Teeth doesn't even seem any crooked as when I was took them off.

WTF?

 

[FrustratedUser]

I forgot that the US is the land of the 'even white smile', the smile that makes for success in life.

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