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    nivrix11 Posts: 1, Reputation: 1
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    Jan 23, 2009, 02:15 PM
    Lost retainer.
    Hi,
    I was wondering if I got my braces off around October and I wore my braces up until January (because I lost them) will I need to get a new pair of retainers to complete the treatment? Or will they just stay as they are now (nice and straight lol)?
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    Jan 23, 2009, 02:59 PM

    Your teeth will slowly move back to where they were before you had your braces. You should definitely have a new retainer made. Why don't you ask them to put a permanent one in then you don't have to worry about losing it again??
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    Jan 25, 2009, 06:12 PM

    I agree with Flossie. I had my teeth straightened with braces when I was in my early teens. I had the braces off and had a retainer to wear at night. After a few months of wearing the retainer I got tired of wearing it thinking just like you that my teeth were "done" and stopped wearing the retainer at night. Well, I can tell you first hand that one of my teeth that was the worst, started shifting back into the old position it was in before it was straightened. If I had it to do over again YES I would have worn that retainer much, much longer and had a beautiful smile versus a beautiful smile with one screwed up tooth. But then I was a teenager who knew it all.
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    Mar 1, 2009, 12:27 AM

    Yes, definitely go have new retainers made! Even if you only wear them at night (which should be sufficient), that'll help maintain that beautiful smile that you SUFFERED TO GET! Think: do you really want all that pain to go to waste?
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