If you recently completed treatment at
Family Orthodontics, we’d like to congratulate you! Now that your braces have been removed,
Drs. Jung and Pachter will provide—or has provided you—with retainers. After braces are removed, teeth can shift out of position if they are not stabilized.
Retainers provide that stabilization. They are designed to hold teeth in their corrected, ideal positions until the bones and gums adapt to the treatment changes. Wearing retainers exactly as instructed by Dr. Jung or Dr. Pachter is the best insurance that the treatment improvements last for a lifetime. Here are some things to remember when you receive your retainers:
* Wear your retainers full time, until the doctor instructs otherwise. Wearing your retainers at night ensures that your pearly whites won’t relapse.
* Take your retainers out when eating...and always put retainers in their case! (Most appliances are lost in school lunch rooms or restaurants.)
* Clean retainers thoroughly once a day with a toothbrush and only a small amount of toothpaste. Use warm but not hot water.
* When retainers are not in your mouth they should
ALWAYS be in a retainer case.
* Retainers are breakable, so treat them with care. If retainers are lost or broken,
give us a call immediately.
* Remove retainers when swimming or during any sporting activity in which the retainers could fall out and get broken or lost (cheerleading, basketball, etc.) or when you should be wearing a mouth guard (football, soccer, etc.).
We hope this helps! You can always contact
our team if you have any questions!
Summer is here, and the team at Family Orthodontics thought we’d ask: What’s your favorite part about summer? Is it the warm weather? The free time you get? Spending quality time with friends and family? Grilling barbecue in the backyard?
Family Orthodontics, your Middletown, Port Jervis, and Warwick orthodontists, are situated around some pretty unique neighborhoods. Each is special with its own personality, created by the people and places (and our amazing patients) living within.
Drs. Haesin Jung and Oran Pachter will tell you that braces were originally considered to be best appropriate for teens. But these days, kids as old as seven are beginning their orthodontic treatment. Because preadolescent kids are typically not self-conscious, our friends at the American Association of Orthodontists suggest it could be a good idea to start early.
If you recently completed treatment at Family Orthodontics, we’d like to congratulate you! Now that your braces have been removed, Drs. Jung and Pachter will provide—or has provided you—with retainers. After braces are removed, teeth can shift out of position if they are not stabilized. Retainers provide that stabilization. They are designed to hold teeth in their corrected, ideal positions until the bones and gums adapt to the treatment changes. Wearing retainers exactly as instructed by Dr. Jung or Dr. Pachter is the best insurance that the treatment improvements last for a lifetime. Here are some things to remember when you receive your retainers:
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