One tooth shifted - what to do?

[DivineJustice]

Hi,

I finally got my braces off last month after a few years. I had a clear retainer on the top, lingual on the bottom. The other week I noticed that one of my teeth was SLIGHTLY pushed back. I wasn't sure whether that could have been because I bit into something that shifted the tooth back or if the lingual wire wasn't strong enough. I tell my ortho about this yesterday and he looks at it and says he can put back the braces on the bottom 6 teeth and have it straightened out within 2 appointments. However, I am moving this weekend to work about 5 hours away from my orthodontist, so if I were to go this route it would be really hard to figure out timing. Isn't there some way around this so that i can realign the teeth? Like can't he just make me a plastic retainer since they do have molds of my mouth?

Thanks

[touchofhiddencharm]

Wow! I'm sorry to hear that. I have a friend who had a similar issue. She also asked for her ortho to make another retainer from the final molds because she wanted to use it as sort of a Invisalign situation to fix that one tooth. She was denied. Her ortho wants to put a few more braces on to fix it as well. So maybe that's routine. I would explain to your ortho that the time difference is horrible and that if it's any way possible to get that bottom clear retainer, that would be best. Good luck!

[nicolie825]

Do you only have a lingual retainer for the bottom? I thought lingual retainers were used in conjuction with a removable retainer for the first few months or so since teeth can still shift with just the lingual