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Teeth issues after braces
I had my braces off a month ago, I had to wait a week for retainers during that week my front teeth moved and a gap formed. Once I got my retainers the week later they weren’t done properly m. The gap still didn’t close with the retainer so he made me a new pair of retainers. My gap closed but my front teeth are one longer than the other. He is now making me a new set of retainers again which close my teeth faster and he said it’ll fix the issue of one tooth longer than the other. Your opinion?
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Use the retainers as prescribed by ur dentist
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It is important to clinically examine you before suggesting the right treatment. If in doubt talk to your orthodontist again or take a second opinion
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Usually at 15 year of age, bonded retainers is preferred!
And yes the correction is not likely to happen with retainers
You need aligner for that!
Ask him to get this sorted out !
I am sure they will rectify the situation
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Do wear your retainer
Religiously
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Retainers cannot align the teeth with the vertical error. Closing of space is possible by activating the appliance/ retainer but not the vertical alignment. It can only be done with fixed appliance/ braces.
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If it’s a minor problem, leave it like that & wear the retainers properly as told by your orthodontist. So that no relapse occur in future .
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Wear retainer properly.
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