Metal Mouth Message Board

I spoke to my orthodontist yesterday, and it seems I'll be getting both bonded retainers and hawleys, reason being that it reduces the chance of things moving around after treatment, especially for an "older" patient (I'm only 24! Ho hum.) Also, I've now got the date for when I lose the br...

Where I go, the ortho "owns" the business any pays everyones wages, however there is a "practice manager" that's on reception, who if I had a niggle I'd probably talk to her. Is there anything similar where you are? I'm lucky that my ortho does ALL of the work. He's done all of t...

Thankyou all for your reply

Richard

Reading a couple of entries on the board, I'm just thinking that if bonded retainers only stick to half of the teeth and not all of them, then surely the ones that aren't retained can move, get gaps, and do their own thing and in a few months time I might get my gaps back! I've read that people get ...

Hi there, I haven't posted for a long time! I'm due to get my brace off in a month or so. I know I'll be getting bonded retainers at the end, however I can't remember if my ortho said I would get removable ones AS WELL. Does this ever happen? Or is it always one OR the other? Cheers if anyone can cl...