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I wanted to know when can i stop wearing my retainers?
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Retainers: That's a question you should ask the Dentist or Orthodontist tat treated you. Teeth in bone are not like steel posts in concrete.You have a whole new skeleton every 7 years. Changes in forces tend to want to destabilize teeth. You only need to wear your retainers for as log as you want your teeth to stay straight.
Answered 5/29/2020
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