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Ensuring patient compliance is tricky after any dental procedure, but it is especially difficult with patients who are starting long-term retainer use after their braces come off. Now a new study on ...

Have you been wearing your retainer? It's a question countless parents ask of their children post-braces. Now researchers are getting serious about the question. Have you been wearing your retainer?

A surgical retainer is small, metal device that is used to cover a tooth during healing. The retainer is typically taken out after the healing process is completed. There are two types, fixed and ...

Most people who have had braces will need corrective treatment years later, orthodontists have said. To tackle the problem, experts from the British Orthodontic Society (BOS) advised that retainers, ...

By staying consistent, patients protect the confidence they gained from their new smile. Retention often goes unnoticed ...