Metal Mouth Message Board

I've had my braces off for about 11 months, and I got an upper hawley retainer when that happened. I wore it most of the day for like 2 weeks and then just started wearing it at night only. I was pretty good with that, I mean there were occasional nights if I didn't sleep at home or something where ...

Right, I don't really have a problem with that. I'm already doing that for the uppers.

I've had it about seven months. They told me when debanding that lower teeth shift very quickly and they didn't want to take any risks or anything. I pretty much don't even notice it's there any more, and no, it's not a big deal, but this kind of thing just sort of bothers me. All I'm saying is that...

When I got my braces off, I got a bonded retainer across my front 4 lower teeth. It's just a wire that runs across the back of them. When I got it, the orthodontists told me that I should have it for at least as long as I had my braces on. But frankly, I was really pumped to not have anything in my ...