Please help!!! tooth shifting...Please reply

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#1 Post by **vanity68** » Fri Feb 22, 2008 2:38 pm

I wear my retainers every night, had my braces off over a year ago...my wired one on the bottom and usually the essex, sometimes vice versa..the one front bottom tooth is turning a bit..can the wire retainer be tightened to move it back into place??? I am so upset....please reply!!

#2 Post by **Dreamer** » Fri Feb 22, 2008 7:14 pm

They can roate a tooth with a Hawley retainer! I'd call and make an appt right away before it gets any worse!

#3 Post by **Stich** » Sat Feb 23, 2008 8:26 am

I just went in Thursday for a retainer check and one of my top front eye teeth is starting to rotate back to it's original problem, too, even with dilegent retainer wear. My ortho made some adjustments to my retainer (it is alot tighter!) and put alittle bend in the wire where that tooth is to try and push it back. I think it is already starting to get alittle better. I have to go back in 8 weeks to see if this is correcting the problem. So, yes, go in and see your ortho.

Becky

#4 Post by **vanity68** » Sat Feb 23, 2008 9:12 am

Thank you both..i feel better..she is in on Tuesday..I will try to see her then to adust it..I thought it could be done with the plastic wired retainer..thanks again!!

Sasha

#5 Post by **Chris** » Sat Feb 23, 2008 1:40 pm

Just be aware that when you go to an "active" retainer, in other words you want to move a tooth, like with a bend or spring, then you will most likely have to wear the retainer 24/7 for a while until the tooth is settled in the bone, because wearing it only at night will cause it to move back during the day. Been there.

#6 Post by **Dreamer** » Sat Feb 23, 2008 3:03 pm

Chris....what's the amount of time it takes for a tooth to settle into the bone after being moved with a retainer?
Vanity68: the acrylic with the wire is the Hawley!

#7 Post by **Chris** » Sat Feb 23, 2008 3:10 pm

Chris....what's the amount of time it takes for a tooth to settle into the bone after being moved with a retainer?

I wish I knew the answer to that one, I figure 3-6 months, but thats a guess. You'll have to ask your ortho that one. If you leave the retainer out for half a day and see that its moved again, you'll know its not "set".

#8 Post by **Dreamer** » Sat Feb 23, 2008 3:32 pm

I just recently got the wrap around Hawleys (top and bottom..boy is it a mouthful!) and it closed my gaps up overnight but she said I only had to wear them for 3 months..I just worry that is not nearly long enough! I do have the bonded top and bottom retainers as well but I had gaps in a few teeth that weren't in the bonded retainer until I got these Hawleys. I guess I still struggle with my ortho's philosophy that I only need to have the bonded ones and that the rest will stay in tact after 3 months.

#9 Post by **vanity68** » Sun Feb 24, 2008 10:05 am

Dreamer..I know...i get confused cause I wear the clear plastic ones too..the essex? I am not good with the names..lol