HOW LONG WILL I HAVE TO WEAR MY VIVERA RETAINERS?
HOW LONG WILL I HAVE TO WEAR MY VIVERA RETAINERS?
RETENTION From DIGITAL ORTHODONTICS - Solo Edition by Dr. Bak Nguyen
For the rest of your life. Or for as long as you want to keep your teeth straight. Stop wearing your night retention and it is a matter of weeks before you feel your teeth shift. Maybe even days.
The cause of that is the continuous growth of your lower jaw through the years. Wisdom teeth do not cause crowding after treatment. Often, the crowding will occur on the lower anterior teeth first. Then, as those are crooked, the upper teeth will start to match the lower crowding. That is inevitable and due to the pressure created between the tongue and the lips every time you eat, drink, swallow and even talk.
The lower jaw keeps advancing through the years because we are all human and our DNA has in program, the continuous growth of the cartilage. Cartilages are present on the condyle of the lower jaw, at the articulation joint next to the ears.
Well, that cartilage keeps growing through time and as a result, is pushing the lower jaw forward, day after day. As we are growing older and older, the pace of that growth slow down but will remain for as long as we will be breathing.