I wear retainers daily, and there’s nothing worse than scrubbing my retainers for multiple minutes with a toothbrush every ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Juan Moyano/Getty Images If you survived a year or two of adolescence (or perhaps adulthood) with braces, you probably remember ...

If you ever went through a braces phase, I feel for you. There was the rule of staying away from caramel, the riskiness of playing contact sports, and the difficulty of getting little bits of food out ...

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My son got his braces off recently, and I'm fighting with him about wearing his retainer. Do orthodontists have suggestions to encourage compliance? For the first six months to a year, it's critical ...

You have done the hard work. Your patient's teeth are straight, and now it is mostly up to them to keep it that way. Unfortunately, you can give patients all the instructions you want about regular ...