Two top retainers?

[OmgDom.]

Hey guys so Im getting my braces off in May (fingers crossed). My ortho
told me I won't need bottom retainers which is awesome news BUT my
question is do you think they'll let me get two top retainers? Would that be asking
for too much? I really want a back up retainer. Plus didn't I already pay for a full set?
If you think I'll embarrass myself by asking please say so haha. If this matters I DID NOT use insurance.






THANKS!

[Ellebraced]

I would ask why not. I don't know from experience but I paid $7000 out of pocket I will be asking for 2 retainers LOL, might not get it but it doesn't hurt to ask.

I am assuming you have braces on the bottom, why no retainer that seems REALLY REALLY odd, are you getting a fixed retainer?? I think I am getting a fixed but will be asking for a retainer for night time use, I have had braces 2x no way I want to risk my teeth moving again.

[OmgDom.]

Because my bottom teeth were pretty much perfect. In fact I had my top teeth braced like 8 months before my bottom. Basically there's not much to "retain" because thats all the braces have been doing for the past year and a half.

[Domino]

Hey Dom! (Same name :D)

That's interesting! So your bottom teeth have been perfect for a year and a half, but with braces kept on? I guess that's some serious retaining, haha!

So your ortho doesn't believe they'll move once the braces come off? At all? I thought you'd still need to use a retainer on occasion. That's awesome if not though! I know my ortho has mentioned that retainers don't necessarily need to be forever, just for as long as the teeth need to maintain their position permanently.

[OmgDom.]

Hahaha nice name!!! Hahahah

Yeah maybe he'll change his mind though. Yes I think he put them on because I needed hooks to wear elastics. Yeah when my friend got hers removed they told her 6 months, she said after the sixth month or so she could feel her teeth setting in and she never wears it anymore.

[Domino]

Hehe, thanks! Yours is awesome too

Ah, interesting! Were your bottom teeth already perfect and you just had the braces on purely as hooks?

6 months sounds good for retainers, hehe. I'll be very happy at that point if I feel my teeth setting in