Do I have to wear a retainer? | Retainer Wear Part 1
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A common question that I get is "how often do I have to wear my retainer?" Literally, I tell patients, you wear a retainer for as long as you want your teeth to be straight. Once we remove the appliances, or the braces, studies show it takes a minimum of 6 months for the bone and the tissue fibers to firm up again. The most stable position you are orthodontically is the way you initially come to us; and what we do is we take your teeth and move them to what we consider ideal, because everyone wants a perfectly straight smile, and we forget as individuals that we're fighting other forces in the mouth: we have the lips, we have the cheeks, we have the tongue.
Our teeth have an anatomical position in our mouth that's called neutral zone. In order to hold those teeth after braces come off and to keep perfectly straight teeth, you have to retain them. And that's no different than any other part of our body. I tell the ladies, if you want to have blonde hair and continue to die your hair, you have to do that over the years. If you want to have beautiful nails, you have to maintain your nails. Beautiful teeth, you have to maintain those teeth, so, it's the same no matter what aspect in life that we want to maintain that youthfulness, we have to do something to keep it.
With retainers, after about the first year of orthodontic treatment, I tell people, teeth are fairly stable at that point. What happens after that, retainers become an insurance policy, and the reason that I say that is, no matter if you have braces or not, as we continue to age, everyone gets tooth movement, everyone. How much? That's the unknown variable.
I've been very fortunate in my life, I've never had braces before, but I've had very little tooth movement throughout my life. I've had other patients who have had a lot of tooth movement throughout life. And you just don't know which one you're going to be. And, orthodontic patients, because they're used to perfectly straight teeth, if a tooth moves just a little bit, they pick it up instantly, like that.
So I always encourage patients to continue to wear retainers for the rest of their life, and it's just minimizing the chances of tooth movement over the years, is all you're doing. You're increasing your odds of keeping straight teeth.
Video Produced By: Definitive Medical Marketing | www.definitivemedicalmarketing.com
☎️770-972-6000
📧[email protected]
A common question that I get is "how often do I have to wear my retainer?" Literally, I tell patients, you wear a retainer for as long as you want your teeth to be straight. Once we remove the appliances, or the braces, studies show it takes a minimum of 6 months for the bone and the tissue fibers to firm up again. The most stable position you are orthodontically is the way you initially come to us; and what we do is we take your teeth and move them to what we consider ideal, because everyone wants a perfectly straight smile, and we forget as individuals that we're fighting other forces in the mouth: we have the lips, we have the cheeks, we have the tongue.
Our teeth have an anatomical position in our mouth that's called neutral zone. In order to hold those teeth after braces come off and to keep perfectly straight teeth, you have to retain them. And that's no different than any other part of our body. I tell the ladies, if you want to have blonde hair and continue to die your hair, you have to do that over the years. If you want to have beautiful nails, you have to maintain your nails. Beautiful teeth, you have to maintain those teeth, so, it's the same no matter what aspect in life that we want to maintain that youthfulness, we have to do something to keep it.
With retainers, after about the first year of orthodontic treatment, I tell people, teeth are fairly stable at that point. What happens after that, retainers become an insurance policy, and the reason that I say that is, no matter if you have braces or not, as we continue to age, everyone gets tooth movement, everyone. How much? That's the unknown variable.
I've been very fortunate in my life, I've never had braces before, but I've had very little tooth movement throughout my life. I've had other patients who have had a lot of tooth movement throughout life. And you just don't know which one you're going to be. And, orthodontic patients, because they're used to perfectly straight teeth, if a tooth moves just a little bit, they pick it up instantly, like that.
So I always encourage patients to continue to wear retainers for the rest of their life, and it's just minimizing the chances of tooth movement over the years, is all you're doing. You're increasing your odds of keeping straight teeth.
Video Produced By: Definitive Medical Marketing | www.definitivemedicalmarketing.com
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