Metal Mouth Message Board

maintenance and breakage....when you have a permanent retainer, it may break and if it does and a tooth moves....they only way to get it to move back is braces...if you have removeable retainers, they can be adjusted. also, the permanent retainer trap food and make it harder to keep the area behind ...

I had traditional braces as a teenager and there are now spaces between my teeth. I went to an Orthodontist and he quoted me $4950 for orthoclear. I got the feeling that he upped the price due to knowing that my insurance was going to pay for $2000 of this. Plus on the form I filled out, i listed my...