[tri-wings] Re: Braces and retainers...

On Jan 9, 2009, at 6:47 PM, Kim and Gloria wrote:

Quoting Pass <fishnchips@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:

>>   Jesse got his braces off in November and is looking
>> so handsome!!!  not that I'm biased at all though.



> So does he now have to wear a retainer?  Ashlyn got
> her's off Dec. 30(after 27 months!), then went back
> Tuesday for the retainer--she loved the week without it!!


Cheryl got her braces when she was in 8th grade and off as a junior  
as I recall.  Her ortho put on retainers almost immediately.  Before  
her wedding, she went back for her "final" check-up with this ortho  
and to get the retainers removed (the bottom one was permanently  
affixed.)  But her ortho asked if it bothered her because he would  
rather have her keep it in place.  She is 36 and still has the  
retainer.  (I almost think that she still has the top one also.)  Her  
biggest problem now is losing her enamel.  She has had to have her  
teeth re-enameled within the last year.  She was told it was due to  
her pregnancy with Hope.



Always there for a Hug and a Prayer!
Sheila Helleson                 Minnesota Grandma to:
Hope (T-18 ^i^ 11-1-1) & Alison (4); Cadence (7) and Bridge (4)
Mom to Cheryl (& Denny);  Wade (& Charity)
Wife to Richard

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