My Son's Cool Retainers

Cute case to go with the retainers.  The orthodontics team let him decorate his retainer case.


My son's teeth wally crooked and we decided to start his orthodontic treatment when he started his 9th grade in high school. It looks like the kids here start there orthodontic treat somewhere in elementary and middle school and by the time they are in high school, they all have perfect teeth at least at the school that my son goes to.  We started his treatment in September 2013, to be exact it was 7 September 2013. I just saw his photos from his file when he had to go for his X-rays, etc. He looked like a baby and he is so grown up now.  His braces came off yesterday and he went for a total dental check and clean up and his teeth look good now and does he :). He also got this cool set of retainers that he has to wear 24 X 7 for the next six months. I don't think he has any complaints about this.  I just hope he doesn't lose his retainers because they cost so much. My daughter had her orthodontics treatment in completed in Malaysia before moving here and she only had to wear her retainers at night.  So during on of our holidays we went to New York and my daughter placed her retainers in the paper coffee cup. I saw it and I told her to put her retainers in her case or the hotel room service staff might accidentally throw that cup away. She told me not to worry and she will take good care of it and low and behold what happened the next day, well needless to say more. After w got back from our holidays, I took her immediately to my son's orthodontist and ordered a new pair of retainer for her. She had to wait around 2 weeks to get her replacement set and during that period one of her front teeth had moved, so while her teeth still look good it is not as how it had been after her orthodontic treatment. If only they could listen....