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To keep the teeth together. Sure your braces will make your teeth straight but they can open up a gap again ( if that is the reason you needed braces). So a retanier will only keep the teeth straight

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Do you have to have braces or can you just have a retainer?

Braces are designed to move your teeth into better alignment. A retainer is designed to keep your teeth in their current position following braces. If your teeth are where you want them to be, you do not need braces or a retainer. If they are not, you will need to have them moved with braces followed by a retainer to hold them in place.


What is the cost of a retainer for a 14 year with straight teeth with an overbite will the she need braces or a retainer?

Either just braces or both. I am 10 yrs old and i got my molds for my retainer yesterday and i will have that for 1 year and a half to 2 years. then i will get my braces for 2 years.


What is the occupation of a orthodontist?

they determine whether or not you need braces. then they put them on for you if you do need them. they also recommend whether or not you need a retainer


What costes less braces or a retainer?

A retainer, though neither are cheap a retainer costs $500-1,000 and braces cost $5,000 for a full two year treatment


If your teeth moved do you you need braces again?

no you don't because just getting a retainer will put your teeth back because you've already had braces.


How can you tell if you need braces?

If your teeth are quite crooked then you could have braces to straighten them out, but if the teeth are slightly crooked some people prefer to leave them that way as it sometimes adds character to that person. If you are young and have teeth over lapping or some are too big the dentist may pull a couple of teeth and then put braces on the patient's teeth.


What are wire braces?

It has the same function as braces, but is only a wire. Like a retainer.


Does Ashley Argota have braces or a retainer?

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How long do you have to where a retainer for after having braces removed and having jaw surgery?

you will want to leave it on forever because if you stop wearing it your braces will not work and your teeth will move they can go back to normal or get worse if you don't wear your retainer


You have forgotten to wear your retainer probably four or five times since you got your braces off in the last month so will you need braces again or can you fix this mistake?

It depends on how much your teeth have shifted. If you can get your retainer back in your mouth, you probably don't need to go back into braces. Mind you, the retainer will be quite uncomfortable for a few days as the teeth move. Remember, you must wear your retainer daily for several years, or your teeth will shift. If you are simply not self-disciplined enough to wear a removable retainer, ask your orthodontist for a fixed retainer. This will be some sort of metal bar or wire that is cemented in place.


Why does Miley Cyrus have a lysp?

She doesn't have a lisp anymore. She did have a lisp because she used a retainer (which she calls a flipper - which she reveals in her book). She had braces for a short while but got then removed and switched for a retainer because she couldn't have braces on Hannah Montana. She doesn't use braces or a retainer now.


When do you get your retainer?

Sometimes before or after or both before and after...I hav braces but never had a retainer before but my friends had retainers before they got braces and some of them never got braces but still got a retainer so it just depends how f***ing bad ur teeth r..