My dentist tells me that I need to wear it or else my teeth will shift. Well what about after three years when I don't have to wear it? Is it just for them to make an extra buck or two?
2007-07-05 18:08:08 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ Dental
Just listen to them! I didn't, and I regret it now... Just wear it in your sleep every once and a while at the minimum...
2007-07-05 18:10:54 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
I'm 26 and I still wear my retainer from when i was 18! My teeth shift over the day, so I just wear mine to bed at night, and by morning my teeth are for the most part back to normal.
2007-07-05 18:11:30 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
My daughter wore her retainer for years after getting her braces removed. Her dentist made her a new one after the old one wore out. Five years ago she stopped wearing it because it broke. Her teeth are shifting. When she gets the money, she is having another one made. So if you want to throw all the money down the drain, stop wearing it. They will always try to shift back to the original way they were.
2007-07-05 18:13:20 · answer #3 · answered by Sparkles 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you can help it, wear your retainers as often as possible. I thought my orthodontist was just trying to make extra money off me too & I stopped wearing my retainers after a month. Now, half a year later, my bottom row of teeth have shifted back to their original positions!
Don't waste your money & just wear the retainers. If you don't want to deal with a lisp during the day, just wear them at night & be sure to wash them out often.
2007-07-05 18:11:56 · answer #4 · answered by mademoiselle 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
A retainer retains the position of your teeth after orthodontic work has been done. Your dentist is right... obviously. He/she would know. Without the retainer, your teeth will tend to move back toward the position they were originally in.
2007-07-05 18:11:12 · answer #5 · answered by Mickey Mouse Spears 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The retainer retains the shape because you're teeth have been moving around its possible that they may move back out of shape. The retainer keeps them in shape until your teeth/gums are at a point where they wont shift too much if at all.
Plus, they like majored in that stuff in college.
They know what they're talking about.
2007-07-05 18:11:09 · answer #6 · answered by MF 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The truth is, your teeth will always want to shift back to they originally were. Think of them as rubber bands, you are stretching the rubber band when you wear braces. When you take off the braces, the teeth or "rubber band" will go back to it's original state. So you need to wear a retainer.
2007-07-05 18:12:03 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
you need to wear your retainer because your teeth will shift. my friend has had her braces of for like 10 years and her teeth have basically moved back! if i were you i would just wear the retainer.
2007-07-05 18:11:07 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
I don't know how old you are, but the younger you are, the more shifting and growing - especially if all you wisdom teeth are not in yet, or in but not fully exposed. The older you are, the less growth - some shifting yes - but not as much as when you are a young whipper snapper.
2007-07-05 18:11:47 · answer #9 · answered by residentialinvestorservices 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
wearing a retainer is a good idea. trust me i thought they were useless and was VERY mad when i was told i had to wear one. i was so excited to get my braces off and then they tell me i have to wear this ****. but i found after a week of not wearing it my bottom teeth began to move. after about 6 months-a yr you only have to wear it at night.
2007-07-05 18:11:47 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
to keep your teeth trait and not undo all the work the braces did. ANd after about a year or two you will probably only have to wear them while you sleep.
2007-07-05 18:16:02 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋