Wearing a Retainer after a long time

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TysonRPrince@gmail.com - 28 Mar 2006 07:26 GMT

So, I haven't worn my retainer in 3 years since I got my braces off, I
basically stopped wearing it after about a year. So its three years
later and I'm now 19, I cleaned them off and popped em back in. They
hurt like hell, but fit. So I wore them for about a week. They hurt a
little less now to wear. Is this bad for my teeth or good? Should I
continue to suffer through it or stop? Any advice, my teeth are pretty
darn straight but not absolute 100% perfect like the day my braces came
off. Thanks for the help all.

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Dr.Braces - 29 Mar 2006 06:09 GMT

go in for a check up at your ortho office (together, then you can
decide what you want to do), the pain is the physical moving of you
teeth back to the positions when you had your braces off. It possibly
sounds like if you keep up the retainer wear you will be good.
Howerver I suggest a a retariner check appitment and T3 records if they
are not taken yet.

> So, I haven't worn my retainer in 3 years since I got my braces off, I
> basically stopped wearing it after about a year. So its three years
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> darn straight but not absolute 100% perfect like the day my braces came
> off. Thanks for the help all.

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