Teeth retainers are removable dental devices that fit over a person’s upper or lower teeth. They keep someone’s teeth in their correct alignment, often as a follow-up to braces. After teeth ...

A fixed lower jaw dental retainer completely avulsed the canine tooth of a 26-year-old man in the U.K., according to a case report published June 24 in the American Journal of Orthodontics and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. If you've ever had a visit to the orthodontist, you will know all about retainers and how to look after them, and more importantly ...

Innovative research is underway at the UCSF School of Dentistry to produce a Bluetooth smart retainer for orthodontics patients. The goal of the SmartByte retainer is to increase the amount of time a ...

There are two basic types of retainers: removable and permanent. Your orthodontist helps you choose the best type for you based on what you needed braces for and any conditions you might have. You may ...

A fixed lower jaw dental retainer completely avulsed the canine tooth of a 26-year-old man in the U.K. Our write-up of the case report detailing this rare but serious complication was the top story of ...

Being born with perfect teeth is an outright rarity. Crooked teeth can be very frustrating, and having the issue fixed by a dentist can be very expensive. That’s why 24-year-old college student Amos ...

One writer’s Invisalign journey in her 30s, from buttons and IPR to refinements and retainers. What she’d do differently—and ...