Bonded retainers
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Bonded retainers
after the braces come off is it necesarry for everyone that had braces to have bonded retainer (a retainer worn behind the front teeth) and is bonded retainer permanent after braces?
hey:
this is a good question and I don't really have an answer. I've always heard of the bonded retainer going on bottom...and lots of people seem to have it! I am 99% sure my ortho said I would not have one, however. I'm not sure why that is, but he doesn't like permanent stuff after braces or something, so I'll just have a retainer. I guess it depends on your ortho and your case.
this is a good question and I don't really have an answer. I've always heard of the bonded retainer going on bottom...and lots of people seem to have it! I am 99% sure my ortho said I would not have one, however. I'm not sure why that is, but he doesn't like permanent stuff after braces or something, so I'll just have a retainer. I guess it depends on your ortho and your case.
four bicuspids removed 1/3/06
clear uppers and metal lowers placed 1/5/06
timeframe for braces: 24-30 months
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DEFINATELY will have them
I am definately getting upper and lower bonded retainers of some sort. My ortho actually calls them "splints" and he said I MUST have my teeth splinted together since I have bone loss and root reabsorption. He is afraid I don't have enough bone to support my teeth and the teeth needed to be splinted together so to minimize the forces on my teeth, or something like that!
So I will have stuff on my teeth forever or until dentures!
So I will have stuff on my teeth forever or until dentures!
Debanded in May, 2006! Total sentence: Three years and two months. Now in hawleys which make me gag! Before braces, I had dracula fangs in their own rows, and everything else was crooked, crowded, with a cross-bite, too!