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If anyone here had braces to correct their crowded/misaligned teeth or overbite and were instructed to wear a Clear/Plastic Invisalign or Essix Retainers every night before going to sleep, have you switched from Clear/Plastic Invisalign or Essix Retainers to Permanent/Fixed Retainers? If so, what has been your experience so far? Or do most people here just rely on mewing without even fixed/permanent retainers and have no relapse? I am asking because I myself had somewhat crooked/misaligned front teeth and had a slight overbite before braces and now I have completely straight teeth, however I do wear a Clear/Plastic Invisalign or Essix Retainer at night when I go to sleep in order to prevent possible relapse and then just mew without a retainer during the day, however, I hear that wearing the plastic/clear retainer at night would essentially undo/prevent mewing results? Because of this, I am thinking of getting a fixed/bonded permanent retainer behind my top 4 teeth and bottom 6 teeth in order to prevent possible relapse/keep the general alignment of my top teeth but also be able to mew. However, if even a fixed/permanent retainer prevents mewing, I don't know whether I should just risk not having even a fixed retainer and mew without any retainer and possibly have relapse or my teeth to be crowded again.
I've asked this question a while back on a different forum, however, the answers I got or read up on seemed to be contradictory as some say, yes just mew with a fixed retainer or others claiming that you should mew without any fixed retainer. Even Dr. Mike Mew himself has 2 videos up on his channel in regards to this question that contradict each other. If you look at Dr. Mike Mew's videos regarding this question, in this video titled "Stopping Orthodontic Retainers? By Dr Mike Mew" at 5:39, he suggests to have a fixed retainer and then mew, but at the same time, he has this video titled "problems with upper fixed retainers by Dr Mike Mew" where starting at 2:30 he suggests against fixed appliances and to focus on just mewing instead. Thus making it not very clear in terms of whether we should risk mewing without any form of retainers or whether we should just mew with a fixed retainer behind the top 4 teeth and bottom 6 teeth and I am leaning towards this option. I guess the only way for me to truly know how things will work out is to try getting the fixed retainers, as it seems to be the safest bet in terms of still being able to mew but also prevent relapse, but if this is not the best option and just mewing without any retainers is better, I'd like to know in advance so that I don't waste any more time or money. That being said, I would like to hear your guys thoughts on this as well. Any advice and/or suggestions in regards to this would be greatly appreciated, thank you.
I've asked this question a while back on a different forum, however, the answers I got or read up on seemed to be contradictory as some say, yes just mew with a fixed retainer or others claiming that you should mew without any fixed retainer. Even Dr. Mike Mew himself has 2 videos up on his channel in regards to this question that contradict each other. If you look at Dr. Mike Mew's videos regarding this question, in this video titled "Stopping Orthodontic Retainers? By Dr Mike Mew" at 5:39, he suggests to have a fixed retainer and then mew, but at the same time, he has this video titled "problems with upper fixed retainers by Dr Mike Mew" where starting at 2:30 he suggests against fixed appliances and to focus on just mewing instead. Thus making it not very clear in terms of whether we should risk mewing without any form of retainers or whether we should just mew with a fixed retainer behind the top 4 teeth and bottom 6 teeth and I am leaning towards this option. I guess the only way for me to truly know how things will work out is to try getting the fixed retainers, as it seems to be the safest bet in terms of still being able to mew but also prevent relapse, but if this is not the best option and just mewing without any retainers is better, I'd like to know in advance so that I don't waste any more time or money. That being said, I would like to hear your guys thoughts on this as well. Any advice and/or suggestions in regards to this would be greatly appreciated, thank you.