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Do you have to wear a retainer after removing braces?

It is essential to wear a retainer after removing your braces.

The purpose of retainers is to hold on to the success of our orthodontic treatment; after all, after sticking with it for so long, it must not be a foregone conclusion.

Our teeth have grown into something you don't like for a decade, even decades, and although we adjust our teeth with about two years of orthodontics, the periodontal fibers and ligaments continue to remodel, and if we don't let our little teeth remember their current 'home', teeth that can't adapt to their new environment will always have the urge to run back!

So, retainers are an essential part of orthodontic success.