I did not want braces in the first place so the effects of said braces wearing off are irrelevant, and really they should only recommend I do or wear anything if not doing it is going to hurt or make it hard for me to eat.
That was pretty much my attitude towards it. I never wanted braces, my parents made me do it. And they never told me I would have to wear a retainer basically FOREVER afterward. I gave up after maybe 4 months. And my teeth started to move back and the retainer didn't fit anymore and my parents took me back to the orthodontist who told me they could make me a new retainer but they wouldn't bother if I wasn't going to wear it. And I said I wouldn't and that was the end of that. 15 years later I have noticeably crooked teeth and NOTHING BAD HAS HAPPENED!! My only regret is that my parents wasted all that money in the first place.
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Date: 2010-12-16 04:46 am (UTC)That was pretty much my attitude towards it. I never wanted braces, my parents made me do it. And they never told me I would have to wear a retainer basically FOREVER afterward. I gave up after maybe 4 months. And my teeth started to move back and the retainer didn't fit anymore and my parents took me back to the orthodontist who told me they could make me a new retainer but they wouldn't bother if I wasn't going to wear it. And I said I wouldn't and that was the end of that. 15 years later I have noticeably crooked teeth and NOTHING BAD HAS HAPPENED!! My only regret is that my parents wasted all that money in the first place.