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I went to my ortho today, well it turns out the gaps arent supposed to be there, and he is making me a removable retainer to close the gaps up. That simple. He just kind of said 'this can happen in adults' and didnt comment on any cause or the fact that the teeth were left like this when he took the...

I am 100% certain even a retainer would not close the gaps on the bottom, they are too big. However, he said that if nothing moved within the first month, it was unlikely to move at all. For this reason it seems like he left the gaps on purpose, for whatever reason, and i kinda of just trusted him a...

[quote="TumbleDryLow"]All I can say is that when you do go and see your ortho demand (politely) that he adjust your retainer (or make you a new one) to close the gaps. Retainers can usually make small adjustments to teeth after the braces are off. Maybe your ortho was planning on having th...

The gaps are between my laterial incisor and canine, and between the canine and first molars. They are BIG gaps. The bands were not on these teeth

Hope someone can help shed some light on this; I got my braces off a month ago, top and bottom after two years. My top teeth are perfect but on the bottom right my ortho has left three huge gaps of 1-1.3~ mm between three teeth. He didnt mention to me why this was, and i am going back to ask him, bu...

Hi All, I got my bottom braces off about a month ago and my ortho wanted to wait and see if the teeth moved before fitting for a retainer, they looked great and were all perfectly line up and all, so i went back this week and she said nothing had moved and wait another month to see if i need a retai...

Yeah thats the type!. I figured it was adjustable, i will call and ask him about the gap.

Thanks

Hi all, About a week ago i got my top braces off after 2 years (still have bottoms for another while) My ortho gave me a retainer to wear on my top teeth, at first he said every night, then maybe that will change. Anyway, i now have a very small gap between my two top teeth which wasnt there when i ...