Treatment
Custom Retainers
A retainer scanned from your finished result, because teeth drift back toward where they started for life.
An appliance that holds teeth in their new position after orthodontic treatment. Either removable and worn at night, or a thin wire bonded behind the front teeth.
We scan your teeth as soon as treatment finishes, while everything is exactly where you want it, and the retainer is built to that. Timing matters here more than people expect.
Teeth are held by fibres and bone that keep remodelling for life. Without a retainer they migrate back, which is why so many adults need aligners a second time.
FAQ
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about custom retainers.
Anyone finishing aligners or braces, and anyone who had orthodontics years ago, lost the retainer, and has watched their teeth shift since.
A scan and then a fitting. Removable retainers feel bulky for a few nights. A bonded wire you stop noticing within a week.
About a week from scan to fitting. Wear is nightly at first, and long term most people settle into a few nights a week, indefinitely.
This is the part people skip, and it is the reason relapse is so common. Budget for a replacement every few years, because they crack, warp, and get thrown out with hotel bedding.
Nothing to recover from, but a retainer left out for weeks may not fit when you go back to it. If it feels tight, call us rather than forcing it.
Come and see us
We would love to meet you
Call the office or ask for a time online. We will come back to you within a business day, and tell you what it costs first.