I’ve heard people saying things about getting a retainer after they’ve gotten their braces off. Why do you your teeth still move after braces have been taken off?
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Teeth (or anything, really) will move if there is an imbalance of force on it.
Say your teeth are lined up, but the bite hits wrong or harder somewhere, and forces some teeth out of the row…
Say they were twisted to start with and there’s still some rubbery attachment of the gums that want to pull it right back…
Maybe you have a tongue thrust, and push the teeth forward by force of habit or the need to open your airway….
Maybe you genetically have teeth that drift easily, and the alignment wasn’t quite perfect and they buckled like a fault line under pressure.
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