Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. If you've ever had a visit to the orthodontist, you will know all about retainers and how to look after them, and more importantly ...

Dr. Craig Fischer has made a habit of wearing a retainer every night to ensure his glowing smile. The 68-year-old Pittsfield-based orthodontist already has straight teeth -- and he wants to keep them ...

Being born with perfect teeth is an outright rarity. Crooked teeth can be very frustrating, and having the issue fixed by a dentist can be very expensive. That’s why 24-year-old college student Amos ...

For one, it's a lifelong commitment.

Does your child have a gap in his teeth or crooked teeth? Have you been thinking of braces and a retainer? Retainers assist in adjusting the teeth to close gaps and realign them. Children are ...

Though teeth may move slightly when wearing a fixed retainer following orthodontic treatment, in this case the fixed retainer itself, which remained completely bonded to his teeth, produced the canine ...

A fixed lower jaw dental retainer completely avulsed the canine tooth of a 26-year-old man in the U.K. Our write-up of the case report detailing this rare but serious complication was the top story of ...

have developed a sensor-packed dental retainer that people with high-level spinal cord injuries can manipulate with their tongue to manoeuvre an electric wheelchair. The latest prototype of the Tongue ...