I have one in the upper retainer, and is pushing one of my incisors forward...and it hurts exactly like after an adjustment.
I have 2 in the bottom one, but these 2 don't hurt.
I've never seen retainers like mine.
I wonder...did my ortho order them like this, or did the people in the lab decided to make them like this?
Can somebody help me with some answers?
Why do I have 3 little springs in my Hawley retainers?
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I have 2 springs in my upper hawley, to maintain the space from moving my incisors forward, which created 2 small gaps between the lateral incisors and canines. These will be corrected with veneers down the line, but until everything has settled, the springs keep the space.
2/2/09: metal braces T/B
8/20/10: braced removed (18mons, 18days), hawley retainers T/B
9/16/10: LR central incisor extracted (failed root canal)
2/23/11: implant/bone graft
9/15/11: implant crown placed, lower lingual bonding corrected
9/21/11: upper bonding on lateral gaps from upper arch forward advancement
10/17/11: new hawley retainers w/plastic tubing over the 'social six' wire, both T/B
8/20/10: braced removed (18mons, 18days), hawley retainers T/B
9/16/10: LR central incisor extracted (failed root canal)
2/23/11: implant/bone graft
9/15/11: implant crown placed, lower lingual bonding corrected
9/21/11: upper bonding on lateral gaps from upper arch forward advancement
10/17/11: new hawley retainers w/plastic tubing over the 'social six' wire, both T/B
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I don't have them yet but I have pending treatment with upper and lower Hawley retainers that will have screws in them that I have to turn a few times a week for 9 months, it focuses on just one tooth instead of all.
As soon as I get them I will post pictures.
PS: No they are not expanders, they are Hawley retainers with a sort of expansion screw for one particular tooth.
As soon as I get them I will post pictures.
PS: No they are not expanders, they are Hawley retainers with a sort of expansion screw for one particular tooth.
I have two springs in my hawley, and they make my teeth sore, my lower one doesn't have springs but the loops are adjusted. I think it depends what your ortho is trying to accomplish with the retainers. Yours sound active, like mine. I have my story posted somewhere under my name, and I have some photos there showing the springs. Do yours look the same?