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When my daughter first had elastics to close her bite I could not believe that they would work to be honest. But they did and fast :) She did wear them exactly as directed and it only took a few weeks. The only down side was that a small gap opened up between two of her teeth where the bands had pul...

They do still fit perfectly comfortably and she is wearing them much more regularly now. Almost 24/7 which is waht the ortho said. She only has about 3 weeks until she is to go down to nightime wear only so that should be easier all round

My daughter (15) has a Halwley retainer at the top and an exxix at teh bottom. She was told she had to wear them as near to 24/7 as possible for 3 months then at nights for 3 months. She was told it was OK to take them out to eat, for contact sports and if she went to a party or a special occasion. ...

My daughter (15) has a Halwley retainer at the top and an exxix at teh bottom. She was told she had to wear them as near to 24/7 as possible for 3 months then at nights for 3 months. She was told it was OK to take them out to eat, for contact sports and if she went to a party or a special occasion. ...

Hi everyone My daughter has been given a debanding date of 28th May. The ortho was very pleased with the way the elastics had worked and she no longer has to wear them. However as well as closing her bite the box arrangement had pulled teh right canine back causing a gap to develop between it and th...

Hi everyone My daughter has been given a debanding date of 28th May. The ortho was very pleased with the way the elastics had worked and she no longer has to wear them. However as well as closing her bite the box arrangement had pulled teh right canine back causing a gap to develop between it and th...

Thank you both for your input. Allisun - I think to be fair to her, the problem is that she had been led to believe that she would only have to wear them at night, both by the previous orthodontist and by the practise website. I can understand her being angry - to be honest so am I. She was so looki...

Hi, I was just wondering if anyone had this particular combination of retainers and if so how was it to get used to? As you may have seen in my earler post this is what my daughter will be getting when her braces come off soon and she is currently refusing to wear them 24/7. So I thought if I could ...

Hi has anyone had this paricular combination of retainers and if so how was it to get used to? As you may have seen in my earler post this is what my daughter will be getting when her braces come off soon and is currently refusing to wear them 24/7. So I thought if I could give her some tips about g...

Oh I should have said there are about 6 othodontists at this practise so we may well have got the advise published on the website if we had been seeing a different orthodontist. I really wish i found the ortho easier to talk to but in the past when I have questioned things bout treatment the general...

Thank you Kirjax for all your responses. I agree that it is confusing that different people have to wear retainers 24/7 for different periods of time. As I said on the orthodontist's practise web site it cearly states REMOVABLE retainers are simple clip in plates, usually worn every night for 6-12 m...

Once again thank you all so much for your replies. MakePinknotWar - your post made me laugh out loud it is so true! That is exactly us! I always want to get on and sort a problem whilst she doesn't want to talk about it. I have not spoken to her about it for a few days now anyway so hopefully she wi...

Once again thank you all for your responses. Saurkraut I wish you well with your daughter. My DD was OK over the elastics despite hating them as she thought that it was the last stage. I think that is part of the problem as she feels that this was not the case as she now has to have the retainers. T...

Thank you so much for your replies. Audra I totally agree with you and if it were me I would be wearing them religously. However trying to convince a very strong willed 15 year old is a very different matter. To be honest she does not did her heels in very often but when she does....and in this case...

Hi I hope I have not done wrong as I also posted this on the 'Naked Tooth' board but as I have had such wonderful resposnses here in the past, and because it seems to be a busier board I thought I would post here too. Sorry if I should not have done so and I will remove it if required :) My daughter...