Apparently after braces, you have to wear a retainer for the rest of your life

[Cryptocurrency Scarface]

Lisa needs braces

 

[Clark Wayne]

Yeah but not everyday.

I only wear them once a week now.

 

[The_Truth]

I literally just found this out last night talking to my coworker who is about to have his braces removed.

 

[dora_da_destroyer]

Yeah and it’s the same with Invisalign.

I had Invisalign in 2012 for a year and got 1 set of retainers which eventually broke and I never got them remolded. I got Invisalign again in 2022 because my teeth had shifted (not as bad as before but they still shifted). I took them off early last year and this time my new orthodontist gave me 4 sets of retainers.

I only wear them about 2-3 times a week cause they’re annoying to clean in the morning. If I don’t wear them for about a week straight and try to put them on they’ll be tight and cause a little bit of pain cause obviously my teeth will start shifting again.

I’m having this issue. I hate my retainer and then I’ll finally give in to try to start wearing it and ohhhh the pain. I probably need to do a small set of slingers again before settling on a retainer

 

[Windows 91]

I lost my top retainer and my bottom permanent retainer broke off. My teeth have shifted just a little but they're nowhere near as jacked as before I got them. And I had braces nearly 20 years ago.

 

[SnowflakesByTheOZ]

damn you had braces for 6 years as a yute.....must have been rough


at least it was before the discovery of women

Yea there was definitely some cons. Teasing of course but even more annoying was the fact that food would get stuck in between them so my mom would always pack my toothbrush in my bag and tell me to brush my teeth after lunch. I used to be so embarrassed

 

[Sleepy Floyd]

I noticed that people who used to wear braces have extremely yellow teeth after they get them off.



All that pain and suffering just to have buttery teeth afterwards... couldn't be me!

 

[MischievousMonkey]

I never knew that wtf

 

[⠀⠀⠀]

had a perment retainer in my bottom teeth after braces. it broke off but never shifted. Never got it replaced due to being too hard to clean under it

upper teeth shifted which pissed me off. Got a small gap again

 

[Billie Jean]

I havent worn mine in 10 years. My teeth havent shifted but everyday i fear for my life that they will

 

[broller]

Yeah I’ve seen in irl. This dude I went to HS w (he’s dead now got killed by police crashing out over his BM his murder is on YT) he had crazy crooked teeth then got braces retainers and he stopped and they started to get crooked again

Link?

 

[Mr Clean]

I just got done with invisalign at the end of last year. They told me for the first 6 months I gotta wear the retainers nightly, then after 6 months every other night. You can't bush them completely but eventually you can work up to a couple times a week if you stay diligent. The point is to cement your teeth in the final configuration. The more time they spend in the retainer early on, the better.

 

[OliviaTwist]

Yes this is true. I had braces in high school and lost my retainer right after I graduated college. Teeth started to shift back so I got Invisalign and got a permanent retainer on the back of my front teeth.

I just got done with invisalign at the end of last year. They told me for the first 6 months I gotta wear the retainers nightly, then after 6 months every other night. You can't bush them completely but eventually you can work up to a couple times a week if you stay diligent. The point is to cement your teeth in the final configuration. The more time they spend in the retainer early on, the better.

Basically. The bone is still soft from all the moving and being bound the whole time. It’ll take years to re harden

 

[P90]

Mine shifted back after my last invisalign retainer broke. Had to redo it couple years back but fortunately could do the Express so it was finished in 6 months.

 

[Jasonmask]

Link?