I’ve had that fixed orthodontic retainer in almost half my life – it was too broken to be fixed, so the brother of the Orthodontist who originally put it in took it out for me today – two things are awesome about that, and one is kinda meh. 1. I can feel the back surfaces of my bottom teeth and man, it’s amazing! I had forgotten what that felt like. 2. He didn’t charge for removing it, which is really wonderful, especially considering it wasn’t he who had put it in originally. The kinda meh thing is I hope my teeth don’t shift now. There’s no wisdom teeth anymore to shove them around, and that was ostensibly the reason the retainer was in so long, but still, I worry. I don’t want to go back to hillbilly princess teeth. I’m going to go brush my teeth again because it feels so funky. Also, I wish I were still as skinny as the “braces just out” photos in my chart at their office. I do not, however, wish I were still that gawky and awkward.
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Tosha Newark said,
November 15, 2008 @ 2:21 pm
hooray for slippy teeth. i remember when I got mine off. I had clear braces with funky colourd bands which made it look like I had purple and blue spinach stuck between my teeth. gawky and awkward-I was the definition!
laughingmuse said,
November 22, 2008 @ 5:38 pm
Hey! I still have my permanent bottom retainer in! When I got it put in (15? something?) my orthodontist (who was kind of scary/intimidating looking) told me I could have it taken out when I was 30, which seemed like a ridiculously long time. Now that that time has come and passed, I wonder when I should get it out.
mebellus said,
January 24, 2009 @ 9:58 pm
LOL My orthodontist told me mine could/would last ten years. 2.5 years past that, I too wonder if my teeth will shift. Mine doesn’t show, like some people’s do, though. My current dentist made me a thing so I wouldn’t clench my teeth anymore at night and said he’d take it out. Well, he cruelly decided not to.