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retainers
is it true that you have to wear your retainers 24/7? even when u sleep and eat? but could i not wear em to skool and then wear em the rest of the time? cause i dont think not wearin em 8 hours of the day is gonna kill my teeth. cause the people i know that get their braces off never wear their retainer even though they have one but then agian i only see em skool so they could be wearin em at night.
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it depends on your orthodontist, but you will never have to leave it in when you drink/eat. maybe for the first week or so they will tell you to wear it full time, but you will really only have to wear it at night. i got my braces off two years ago and i only wear my retainer like one night a month (and my teeth have quit moving). personally, they told me to wear it full time for a few weeks and i didn't do it, and it didn't really hurt me. i just popped it in when i got home. but definitely at night, for a few months, until you can tell that your teeth aren't moving anymore.
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Usually, your orthodontist will give you your retainer and say that you have to wear it non stop for a week or two...but you take it out when drinking and eating. And then you go back to see your orthodontist and he/she will see if you were wearing your retainer [and if you were] you would be able to wear it just at night. and then you go back in 6 months and 1 year...so on and so on.
Good luckk
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My friends all just wear them at night, and sometimes in the morning. If curious, just ask your orthodontist- because I think it depends on how bad your teeth were.
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