Have you been wearing your retainer? It's a question countless parents ask of their children post-braces. Now researchers are getting serious about the question. Have you been wearing your retainer?

Insufficient cleaning could allow build-up of microbes on orthodontic retainers, researchers have found. Researchers looked at the types of microbes which live on retainers. This study found ...

Data sources The Cochrane Oral Health Group's Trials Register, The Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (CENTRAL), Medline and Embase were searched. Several journals were searched by hand ...

Retainers should be worn for life to stop straightened teeth going wonky again, dentists have warned. The British Orthodontic Society said new research showed that after teeth had been straightened, ...

To floss teeth if you have braces, feed the short end of the floss through the space between the main arch wire and the upper portion of the tooth closest to the gum. Use a gentle sawing motion to ...