Re: Retainers - Nicki & Irish

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Oops, sorry Nicki, I didn't see this directed at me (I don't read a

lot of the posts, have trouble getting on sometimes as I am very busy

these days). Thanks, Irish, for replying! Hope you are doing well!

My upper retainer is bonded to each tooth, with additional

acrylic " buttons " on each tooth (inside, not outside). How do I

floss? I have enough of a gap at the top of each tooth to fit

Superfloss in from the outside in (I hate floss threaders - to me

they are only useful as leprechaun snares). At first I couldn't

figure out how to do it (tried to do it from the inside out). I don't

floss as much as I should, I do use my waterpik a LOT to flush things

out and I brush after each meal. Occasionally I get in there with a

proxybrush, but the best is waterpik and flossing. I just saw my

dental hygienist and admitted I was not flossing as much as I should.

She said I was doing really well with the regimen I had and not to be

overly concerned. I was quite relieved to hear that!

Food doesn't get trapped in it. I don't talk funny (the removable

retainer gave me a definite lisp).

As for the lower, it should be the same. In the case of both, my

tongue is very interested in checking them out, so be careful at

first. I referred to my lower as a " tongue scraper " and actually was

in terrible pain after eating raw pineapple not soon after it was

installed - think terrific burn on open cuts in the tongue! After a

while, you get used to it.

Hope that helps,

> > , My question is for you because I am suppose to get a fixed

> > retainer on the bottom after all of this is over with. What is

it

> > like? Does it go on every tooth? How do you floss? How is the

> > upper? Did it affect your speech? Does food get caught in it?

> > Sorry to bombarge you with Q's but I am very interested.-Nicki---