did my teeth shift between braces and retainers?

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#1 Post by **fff** » Tue Aug 24, 2010 5:35 pm

Minutes after the braces came off I noticed a small gap between my front teeth. the assistant who made the molds for my retainers did not seem to know what she was doing and by the time she made a good mold my teeth had been without braces for almost 30 minutes.

That was last month.

So far I've had the retainers for 1 month and as soon as I remove them I see a gap between my front teeth. It's almost like the retainers are hardly adding pressure to the front teeth. I wonder if the problem is that the retainers I was given were made from molds of shifted teeth.

What am I supposed to do? I feel like I wasted thousands of dollars on something that did not work.

#2 Post by **BraceFace2o1o** » Wed Aug 25, 2010 4:17 am

Can teeth really shift in only 30 minutes!? I'm just wondering.... because if that's the case then how do people with Invisalign get on?

I hope someone will be along soon to offer advice for you.

#3 Post by **fff** » Wed Aug 25, 2010 5:15 pm

Chrystal wrote:Can teeth really shift in only 30 minutes!? I'm just wondering.... because if that's the case then how do people with Invisalign get on?

I hope someone will be along soon to offer advice for you.

The gap between my front tooth opens in minutes. It's a small gap, a few millimeters wide, but it's there.

I'm also hoping someone will offer advice

#4 Post by **drrick** » Sun Aug 29, 2010 1:28 pm

If it is a hawley the retainer can be tightened

#5 Post by **fff** » Sun Aug 29, 2010 2:15 pm

drrick wrote:If it is a hawley the retainer can be tightened

it's not hawley. it's essix

#6 Post by **wearetheborg** » Sun Aug 29, 2010 5:05 pm

fff wrote: The gap between my front tooth opens in minutes. It's a small gap, a few millimeters wide, but it's there.

It cant be a few millimeters, a millimeter is a LOT (10mm = 1cm)

#7 Post by **PrincessPeach** » Mon Aug 30, 2010 2:32 pm

I hope they can't change in 30 mins, cos i'm getting mine off on thursday morning and i'm not getting retainers until friday morning

#8 Post by **almost50** » Mon Aug 30, 2010 4:27 pm

wow,
My retainer appointment is scheduled for a week after getting my braces off.

#9 Post by **alimommy1** » Mon Aug 30, 2010 7:26 pm

They might shift a tiny bit but it can't be several millimeters, that would be a LOT. A hawley can correct the shift, and many times shift can be avoided totally by having a bonded placed right after you have your braces removed.

I have to wait 10 days between having a bonded removed and getting a hawley to fix some tipping and my ortho assured me that my teeth would not move significantly in 10 days.... if there is any movement it will be corrected along with the tipping.