It’s time to celebrate!
You’ve just gotten your taken braces
off and your smile looks awesome!
Now, if you want to keep that super straight, amazing smile
you are going to need to make sure you wear your retainer.
We know you know this…the braces come of, the retainer goes
on. But we can’t stress it enough. If you don’t wear your retainer as
prescribed, your teeth are going to move out of alignment and back into their
original, crooked places…just as if you never even had braces at all.
Here’s something you may not know… your teeth aren't set
rigidly into your jawbone like you might think. They are held in place by bands
of fibrous tissue called the periodontal ligaments. After your teeth have been
moved into their ideal position by your braces and/or other orthodontic appliances, it takes time for the periodontal ligaments to adjust. When you’re
not wearing your retainer, pressure from your lips and tongue can cause your
teeth to shift. Even if your teeth and smile don’t look like they are moving,
that doesn’t mean they haven’t. If you go without wearing your retainer for
long periods of time, your teeth will continue to move until misalignment is
visibly noticeable, and that crooked smile you thought was a thing of the past
is back again.
So, if you don’t wear your retainer as
prescribed, your nice straight teeth won’t be nice and straight for long. And
we know you didn’t go through orthodontic treatment just for fun.
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