T hat's how soft your gums are right now. Pressure on your face can cause your teeth to shift.
There are often gaps in your gums as a result and you need to take very precise care of your teeth and gums to prevent plaque from building up in the spaces, softening your gums further, and making it easier for your teeth to shift. It's the gums that have to shift so your teeth can move and it's your gums that need to recover when you're in the retainer stage. While your teeth are the part you're worried about, your gums are really the start of any orthodonture. You may be sick of stuff in your mouth, you may hate your retainer and the whole routine of keeping it clean or swapping it in and out but it will make a huge difference in how straight your teeth actually are at the end of this long orthodonture process.įor adults, there are even invisible retainers to go along with your Invisalign treatment. To retain something means to hold it in place and prevent it from going anywhere, which is exactly what your retainer does.Ī retainer is like your braces only less intense, painful, or securely attached.Ī retainer doesn't have to pull your teeth into their new position, merely hold them in place while the teeth anchor in place. The good news is that the techniques for keeping your teeth from shifting are well established and relatively easy.
Of course, that means taking amazing care of your teeth right now when they're ready to be straight but can slide back into crooked at the slightest opportunity. Once your braces are off, they should stay off for good. This means that until your teeth anchor into their new positions and the gums pull up completely around them, your teeth can still shift back toward their old positions which could mean a return to a world of wires and rubber bands.
For months, if not years, they have been pushed and pushed and pushed to make room for your new tooth placement and everything is still pretty soft. However, right at this moment your gums are in their most vulnerable position. Right after your Invisaligns or normal braces come off, your teeth are fantastically straight, easy to brush and floss, and you feel like a normal beautiful person for the first time in ages.
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