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I got my braces off about 4 months ago now and all my teeth are very straight now and I am still wearing retainers 24/7 at the moment.

However, there is just one tooth that keeps moving backwards (Into the back of my mouth).
I can LITERALLY push it back into place after like 20 seconds off pushing with my finger, but after like 3 days I'll notice it has slowly started moving back again.

Does anybody here know exactly why it is doing this ? Am I doomed ? Or if I keep pushing it back into place after a few months it'll stop moving or what o_o.

Only one tooth does this.

call your ortho to check!!

I'd definitely call your orthodontist as they may need to make an adjustment to your retainer to keep the problem from reoccurring.

I too am having the same problem. My two top front teeth are verry wobbly and sometimes I can see a teeny-tiny space in-between them. I am pretty sure that the retainer closes it, but I don't like it opening with the retainer out.

I may be acting silly, I mean it is probably smaller than one strand of hair in diameter, and I am probably the only one that notices is, but it is frustrating. Especially after wearing the braces for so long 3 + years.

I thought after my braces were removed on May 5, 2011, that the frustration would be over. Now, frustrated with the retainer gear now. Go figure huh?

Let me know how it goes.