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Ensuring patient compliance is tricky after any dental procedure, but it is especially difficult with patients who are starting long-term retainer use after their braces come off. Now a new study on ...

Whether you wear Invisaligns to straighten your teeth or retainers to keep them that way both can carry many germs. ”Everytime they take them out when they’re brushing to brush the retainer as well ...

Clear, plastic aligners have been growing in popularity as alternatives to bulky, metal braces. And once the teeth are straightened, patients graduate to plastic retainers to maintain the perfect ...

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