Comments on: Retainer Free

By: Derek K. Miller

Derek K. Miller — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 19:59:50 +0000

Wow, that is the longest orthodontic story I've heard. And I love that your retainer was a metal band. Or should I say, you had a metal band, RËTAÏNER! Meedlymeedlymee!

By: Kimm

Kimm — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 22:29:30 +0000

I think they should have cemented my retainer in, cause once I was braces free I barely wore mine after a year or two. I recently found the case but of course it was empty.

welcome to the being retainer free club

By: Jen

Jen — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 16:30:57 +0000

Oh wow – Dr. Clawson is still there. I figured he’d be retired by now. He did my braces lo those many moons ago (and I too still have the bottom retainer).

By: Tia

Tia — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 16:23:52 +0000

I vividly remember Orthodontic Hell. It started when I was 13, and it didn’t end until I was 16. I got the evil braces of doom off in time for my 16th birthday and trip to Europe, and boy, was I happy not to see the Orthodontist every month. In their wisdom (realizing I was hideously non-compliant with elastics?) they cemented both the bottom AND the top retainer in. Good, because I would never have worn a night retainer, but bad, because I ws let loose upon the world with no orthodontist, and a piece of equipment (stupid bottom piece) that kept popping off, forcing me to go to strange orthos around the country. When it finally busted off when I was working on a rez in the north I gave up. I still have the top one though, and that bastard is cemented down tight. Sucks to floss, but keeps my dad’s $4000 dental investment in place.
Woot for tooth crowders.

By: TheQuack

TheQuack — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 15:57:01 +0000

Wow – I thought I won the weird dentist name contest with my dentist, Dr. Thrasher … but Dr. Clawson is pretty competitive. Lol