Retainer Help! 😩 What to do if you lose your retainer!!!

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[TheBracesGuyOfficial]

Just FYI - this is NOT an ad. I have no financial ties to retainer direct. Of all the mail order dental stuff out there, this one checks out 👍🏼

[TheBracesGuyOfficial]

Do NOT go long periods of time without a retainer or your teeth could shift. It’s easier to get a retainer than it is to go back in braces!

[Aurequin]

Step one: *Don't lose your retainer*

[TheBracesGuyOfficial]

Made this video when most offices were closed & people couldn’t get in to their ortho. Gold standard is still to see your own ortho, but this could help if you’re in a pinch (i.e. away at college, etc.)

[ssjess]

It was the orthodontist's email reply for me 🤣🤣🤣

[chloebugg_]

nothing is scarier than losing your retainer in a school trash can during lunch 💀💀

[im.quinn.]

my sister threw away her retainer once on purpose hahaha

[peterpan]

With our payment plan, a replacement retainer is covered once. Then it’s $500 to order a new one. Checked this site- starts at $85. Yea the ortho is best… but in this economy, I am glad to see a cheaper option.

[annaqian]

I love your videos, sir! I have a concern, though. I got to admit that I had braces for two rounds. The first round happened in elementary school to correct my underbite, and the second round happened in middle school to straighten my teeth. I got my braces off sometime in the middle of eighth grade, but then we moved to a new town. Now, my old orthodontist is very far away, and... Sorry to both myself and all you hardworking orthos out there, I only wore my retainer consistently for at most six months, and then stopped wearing it. Since I entered high school in 2013, it has been nearly 10 years (WOW!) since I wore my retainer. I mean, I definitely made the wrong gamble, so now I need to adjust my expectations, I guess. I know that I will have a very small chance of straightening my teeth with just a retainer, even if I wanted to. But then, perhaps I may have some hope. Maybe I can just wear these ill-fitting, 10-year-old retainers and perhaps maintain my current smile. I heard that teeth get more crooked because they shift as you age. What are your thoughts on all of this?

[acylapittman]

What if it takes him a while to get it back to you the tanner

[pickles]

my older brother just recently got his retainers for the first time and was brushing them and they snapped in half so he was supposed to go get a new scan because he lost his molds but ended up finding them and my mom found an extra retainer on them so he's fine now 😭

[uwukotoa]

i'm american but i lived in africa for a year and halfway through the time i was there my retainer snapped in half - it took us like two months to get a new one so now my teeth aren't straight anymore :/

[ItsLilaiyec]

Hey I need some help😅 so I have braces and I have a habit of putting my nail between my front bottom teeth and it has created a small gap that's not going away I'm scared it may be permanent😰 any advice?

[twighlightshamsterworld]

That’s going to be expensive I just put my old one in and get on with the normal schedule

[The_Service_Doodles]

What should I do if I’ve stopped wearing my retainer for at least 3 months, and my teeth have SLIGHTLY shifted, and it still somewhat fits (there’s a few air pockets when I put it in)?

[niaacortez]

Once I lost my retainer in a restaurant when I was eating I tapped it up in a paper and it was thrown away

[Bella-umit]

Why did I get a few braces on the bottom and the retainer on top it’s so painful he said to make my jaw widen? Will that actually work? With just the clear retainer 😢it’s so painful 😣

[Claicresmith]

I just got my bottom braces done about five hours ago and my mouth really hurts I was wondering if you can give me any tips or tricks on how to make my mouth feel a little bit better I’m trying medication it’s not really helping and it hurts really bad!

[preppy_acc]

Can u have retainers if u never had braces

[vitamind_forme]

Question: can a dental office do the same thing?