Do I have to wear my permanent retainer for life?!


Question: Do I have to wear my permanent retainer for life!?
I just got a permanent retainer on my lower teeth today!. I know that it is recommended to wear it for life, but my bottom teeth were never that bad!. So, if I take it off in 5 years or so, do you think it would matter!? or would my teeth get WORSE than they were originally!? Because if they're just going back to what they were originally, then I don't really care!. Thanks!Www@Answer-Health@Com


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some of the people answering this question are NOT reading it!.

Its not a retainer that comes in and out of your mouth that you keep in a plastic box on your nightstand!.

What is being referred to is a PERMANENT retainer which is placed on the back of your teeth by cement just like you had braces!.

I can tell you first hand, I had the permanent retainer from when my braces came off at age 15!.

At age 34, my dentist told me that I don't need it anymore and she removed it (mind you dentist made the decision not the Orthodontist)!.

3 years later, my teeth are overlapping each other again!. Need to get braces again :(

If the Ortho says you need it then you need it!. Once its on and you are comfortable with it you wont ever know it's there (your dentist will notice but thats it)!.

Wish I hadn't let her take it off :( :( :(Www@Answer-Health@Com

Me too!. I still have mine in!. Been in for ten years as well!. My orthodontist insists he will never take it out even though I asked him about it!.
My best friend who had that same retainer had an ortho that had taken it off, because to that doctor it's only a temporary retainer (when it is not), and he took it out a year or two after she was done with the braces, and her bottom teeth reverted pretty much to their old shape!. Sad!.
I'm glad my ortho insists for me to have it in!. 'Cause apparently teeth can still shift throughout adult life!.
I would say, if you paid for your braces then do whatever you want retainer-wise, but if your parents paid for it, you better keep your responsibilities up!.Www@Answer-Health@Com

i don't think your teeth will be worse, but i still think that you shoul!.d wear it for as long as possible!. good luck! i'd wear it for life!. they are called permanent for a reason!Www@Answer-Health@Com

You have to wear it for life - I have to!.

It's not a big deal - I've had mine for 10years - and I don't even notice it anymore!.Www@Answer-Health@Com

just wear it whenever your COMFORTABLE wearing it!.!.
(:Www@Answer-Health@Com

i had a permenant retainer but i stopped wearing it after 2 yrs and my teeth are still fineWww@Answer-Health@Com

just wear it at night :)Www@Answer-Health@Com

i wore mine for like a week!. hahaWww@Answer-Health@Com





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