After braces are taken off, does everybody need a retainer? If so, how long usually?

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Your teeth are heald in place by small ligaments and fibers. If you get braces, braces move your teeth into a different position stretching those ligaments and fibers! If you don't wear a retainer those ligaments and fibers will bounce right back into place, pulling your tooth/teeth back into the position it was before your braces.

Since everyone in this entire world has this, then yes everyone would have to wear a retainer to keep their teeth in a new position!

although from my experience, I wore my retainer everynight for about two years, and now 7 years after getting my braces off I never even wear my retainer, but can still put it in. I can tell that it moves my teeth slightly, but not much.

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As long as your dentist recommends. And believe me, wear the thing!

you should ask your orthodontist

Most people usually require one maybe for a couple of months or so, each situation is different.

I don't think everyone has to have a retainer, but it helps keep things in place for a while. I had one, but it wasn't for long. Check with your orthodontist if you need one, and if so, for how long.

I had braces and my orthodontist told me to wear it at least twice a week at night for the rest of my life!

Yes, everyone does.
They used to say you only needed to wear it for about 5 years.
Now they are saying for a lifetime...

No . But if they do need one maybe about six or seven monthes . It really depends on the person getting the retainer.

my wife had her braces taken off 6 years ago and she has to wear the retainers for the rest of her life. She wears it everynight. If she doesn't wear it for a couple of days its hard for her to put her retainer in because her teeth hava already started shifting.

yes to keep them straight you keep on for a while

yes, everyone needs them. It keeps your teeth from shifting. I'm not sure how long you need it, but they'll tell you at the orthodontist.

I think you do need a retainer after braces to keep your teeth from moving after being pulled tight by the braces. Your orthodontist should tell you how long you have to wear it. Its not that bad, after awhile you will only have to wear it at night and not all the time. Anywayz, talk to your dentist.

Everyone I've known (including myself and my sisters,) who had braces had to have a retainer. The retainer keeps your teeth from going crooked again because once the braces are off your teeth still aren't "set" in their new position. I wish that my lingo bar on the bottom teeth had been left on because those four teeth are crossed over each other now. I can always spot people of my generation who had braces because the top teeth are perfectly straight, but the 4 bottom ones in front are crooked like mine. So you see, those retainers really do have a purpose!

i dont know but i will find soon.

Be married to it! Dont listen to the dentist... what I mean is do what the dentist says, but go beyond that. After a year with my retainer I stopped wearing it, now I have to get braces again! Another two years, my last two years of high school. Put it in occasionally and if its tight at all wear it the next couple of nights.

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