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Rubber bands and attachments with clear aligners? I didn't know that was a thing. You had your bonded retainer for 15 years? How long did you wear the Hawley retainer? I really wish I'd worn mine longer, I'm considering getting braces again at 42. Good luck on your second round, please keep us updat...

Back when I had a permanent retainer it fell off twice. After the third time I didn't go back, but I wish I had. The glue doesn't last forever, we're all pretty hard on our teeth.

Well over the next 2 weeks I have 5 consult appointments, I'll decide what to do after I know what my options are. I'm even going to see my original orthodontist and they still have my old records, lol. It feels like overkill to go through a full round of braces again just to fix some minor alignmen...

So I took your advice and today I made some consultation appointments with local orthodontists. My old retainer isn't in very good shape anyway, trying to force it to fit is out of the question. At the minimum I'm going to have new retainers made to keep my teeth from moving more. I've had 3 crowns ...

I had braces 20 years ago and wore my retainer pretty regularly at night for about 10 years. I moved and it got packed in a box and lost. I didn't worry too much, I figured my teeth were done moving. Then I found it a couple years ago, but it hurt to wear so I didn't bother. Obviously my teeth had s...

It's so encouraging to see people my age with braces. I've been considering braces (for a second time) at 42 but didn't think it was something that was done often. Great progress, how are you handling speaking at work/socially with the expander?