To date, no study has compared the effects of CAD/CAM versus flexible multistrand wire (FMS) retainers in the presence/absence of root resorption and/or alveolar crestal bone resorption on the ...

Suggests a general understanding of fixed retainers and space maintainers and their application is essential for patient safety as discussed in the paper. Notes that fixed retainers require regular ...

"Yup, you have one of those old-school retainers," the dentist remarked. "Wow." Her gloved fingers probed the hardware. "Wow" is never what you want to hear from someone who sees thousands of mouths ...

Have you been wearing your retainer? It's a question countless parents ask of their children post-braces. Now researchers are getting serious about the question. Have you been wearing your retainer?

You will want to follow your orthodontist’s instructions on wearing a retainer, to maintain the results of braces. This may mean wearing a retainer all day, every day for 4 months, or for 12 months.

One-quarter of all dental patients who wear braces are adults. Other adults should but don’t get their teeth corrected because they'd be embarrassed about wearing braces. If you are in this group of ...