Permanent or fixed retainers are made of a metal wire that is glued to your teeth. Usually, this wire is smooth and solid or has a braided texture. It’s attached to your teeth and adjusted to your ...

(MENAFN- iCrowdNewsWire) Retainers are orthodontic devices designed to be worn after oral surgery or use of teeth-straightening devices. They help to hold teeth in place as the bone and soft tissue ...

Insufficient cleaning could allow build-up of microbes on orthodontic retainers, researchers have found. Researchers looked at the types of microbes which live on retainers. This study found ...

You have done the hard work. Your patient's teeth are straight, and now it is mostly up to them to keep it that way. Unfortunately, you can give patients all the instructions you want about regular ...