Align claims that Vivera's thermoplastic material is more than 30 percent stronger than other clear retainer materials. This quality is crucial to retaining teeth in their final position according to ...

There was also weak, unreliable evidence that teeth settle quicker with a Hawley retainer than a clear overlay retainer, after 3 months. The quality of the trial reports was generally poor.

Participants were randomly assigned to receive either a Hawley retainer (HR) or a clear overlay retainer (COR). The HR was composed of a 2 mm-thick acrylic resin base plate, one-arm clasps with 0. ...

Enrollment occurs during the final phase of orthodontic care, where a high-resolution digital scan is taken and stored for future retainer fabrication. The program is available for braces, clear ...

retainers are orthodontic devices that prevent teeth from moving back into misalignment after braces or clear aligners. their role is to hold teeth in place while bone and tissue settle into the ...

By the time retainer users reached 19 to 24 months, 19 percent were not wearing retainers but 81 percent were—even if it was only one night a week. About 4 percent never wore their retainer at all.

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 ...

Invisalign clear aligners are made with iTero® 3D computer imaging technology. This orthodontic teeth straightening treatment helps crooked teeth, crossbite, underbite and overbite.