After orthodontics, it is generally necessary to wear removable retainers. Now it is mostly transparent and beautiful, and it can be taken off when eating and brushing teeth, which is beneficial to chewing food and cleaning teeth. When there are important social activities, you can also temporarily not wear them. Friends, don't forget to take good care of the retainer in the mouth, so as not to affect the correction effect! Generally speaking, the maintenance of orthodontic retainer generally needs to start from two aspects: on the one hand, insist on wearing retainer according to the doctor's advice to prevent the recurrence of tooth deformity and stabilize the correction effect; On the other hand, it is the attention on diet. 1, wear a retainer. This is the most important problem of how to maintain the teeth after correction. It is necessary to wear the retainer after orthodontics, and the wearing time depends on the degree of dentofacial deformity. Generally, within 6- 12 months after orthodontics, doctors will require patients to wear retainers during the day and at night. Just wear it at night for the next six months; After another 6 months, wear it once every other night and continue this way until the teeth are stable. You don't need to wear it anymore. Here, Xi Chen would like to remind everyone that some dentofacial deformities may need to wear retainers for life. 2, dietary precautions. After orthodontics, some people still feel a little laborious when chewing, which is mainly related to the unstable position of teeth. Therefore, in order to alleviate this discomfort, it is best to eat some soft food instead of sticky food.