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Originally Posted by anitaw
Hi there,
I'm in my mid-30's and about a year ago I decided to get braces, something which I was advise to do long ago but didn't. I got brackets on (for soem reason my ortho didn't think invisalign was for me?) Anyway I didn't get on with them at all and the spring really iritated my gums and after 9 months he took them off. What I have now are removable ones much like retainers but they have more wires. I have them both upper and lower. He's warned me that it will be a very slow treatment for me and even if I'd stuck with the originals I'd still have long term retainers afterwards.
Anyway my problem is this. Initially they really screwed my speech up and I understand this is quite normal for a few weeks. But for me after a few weeks I only made minimal progress and still had a bad lisp. Now 4 months on I've made some progress but still have a noticible lisp. I wish I could have my crystal clear voice back. My ortho thinks its unlikely I'll make any further progress and just tells me not to worry about it. Is there anything hat can be done short of taking them out for good which I don't want to do as I'm making good progress? I was wondering about speech therapy. And is it really true I might be stuck with retainers for a Looooong time?
Anita
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Retainers are for life - although usually only at night, or a few times a week.