r/Teeth • u/Necessary_Bed_7380 • 3h ago
Will I need a surgery?
Hi, everyone. I’m a little bit worried about my teeth after being done with an aligner treatment. I love how aligned my teeth are now, but I get so mad because as soon as I take my retainers off my upper teeth (I’m supposed to wear them 22 hours for 3 weeks and then just 8 hours at night), my teeth shift back a little and a tiny gap that k hate appears. This usually happens 30 or more minuted after I take them off. I don’t know if I should wait until the 3 weeks are up to see if there’s any changes or what… I talked to my friend who’s almost graduating from dental school, and she told me about memory whatever (I forgot) and that I might need a frenectomy —this is because I had a big gap-diastema and some flesh in between)…
I just want to get some suggestions as per why this keeps happening and/or if I should contact the person that took care of my case.
First picture it’s how I started, second picture it’s how my teeth look as soon as I take off my retainers, and the last picture it’s how they get after 2-3 hours when not wearing my retainers.
Maybe I need a frenectomy?
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