*LOVE* my Essex top retainer!!!!

If you have finished with your orthodontic treatment and are wearing retainers (or will be soon), this is a special place to connect with others in your (enviable) situation. Ask a question or make a comment about life post-braces.

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Kittysopretty
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*LOVE* my Essex top retainer!!!!

#1 Post by Kittysopretty »

I read some scary stuff about them here but, wow, my ortho popped mine in and I spoke expecting a lisp...something.....I could speak perfectly!! It's so thin and completely snug to the teeth. I have to wear it after dinner and thru the night and yet I wear it during the day sometimes when I'm at home (which my ortho laughed at and said it was fine).

They give all newly unbraced clients a huge box of professional Crest whitestrips (which had them all laughing because my teeth are already really white, I am kinda OCD with my teeth...they comment all the time on my blinding teeth....anyway they give out this huge box (84 strips) to everyone and they said I didn't need it....I was like pleassssse, lol....)

It was a weird day (the day they came off) because 3 others were getting them off too and my ortho office has no walls so we were all looking at each others' teeth and saying "Oh pretty!" There are 2 orthos at the office and they are both very strict with a "no looking" policy til they are polished etc. I was like damn, what is this? The Swan? :wink:

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#2 Post by bunnyfluff »

I'm not a HUGE fan of my Essix, mainly because i'm supposed to wear it 24/7 (or at least like..MOST of the day..i'm a chronic snacker and take it out constantly to munch on things!)

I wish my ortho gave me Crest Whitestrips! I have the Target brand that's the copy of Crest Premium and they've been working okay, I guess. It's hard to tell if my teeth are whiter because it's such a gradual change.
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#3 Post by Kittysopretty »

And these whitestrips are professional strength woo hoo!!

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