Time Between Debanding & Retainer?

[kathydell]

How much time between when you get your braces off and when you get your retainer?

[MrsCharisma]

I think, like everything else (!) it depends...

Some orthos have the capabilities on site so you get them same/next day. Some they are sent out to be made off site.

[sirwired]

I walked out the door with an upper Essix and came back a week later for my upper and lower Hawley.

[JillD]

My original plan was to be debanded and get permanent retainers on the same day and come back to get removable retainers on the following day. But I was going out of town the day after the deband day. The ortho office said that I shouldn't go without removable retainers more than a day. They told me that I should get debanded after my trip. So that's what I did. In the end I got debanding, permanent retainers and removable retainers all on the same day. Since my appointment was early in the morning, they could make Essix for me while I was waiting.

[SunshineRay]

They made my retainer onsite yesterday within 30 mins.

[plugnickel69]

My ortho put my fixed retainers on, then removed my braces. A couple of hours later I picked up my Essix.