I under used my clear retainer for 5 days, one week after braces removal
I went camping for five days where i was a bit slack and didn’t wear my retainers right after eating. This was because I was snacking all day usually.
I always wore them from 10pm to 8am each night, but would then have them out for coffee, but then would leave them out cause I’d move on to breakfast, then lunch, then beers, then snacks, then dinner and then at night I’d put them back on. There were some times in the day when I’d wear them in between meals but I remember going long stretches of not wearing them.
My recommended time was supposed to be 22 hours but I estimate it was more like 12, maybe 14 hours, maybe 16 hours a day for five days. My retainers still go in and out well with no pain or significant tightness. I have a metal bar on the bottom front teeth.
If any one has any experience, has my teeth moved in any meaningful way?
When I look at my teeth it looks like one tooth is kind of pointing forward more than I’d like, but I can’t remember how it looked before.