Burlington's Choice for Custom Retainers
Retainers for Long-Lasting Smile Results in Burlington, NC
Retainers play an essential role in maintaining your orthodontic results after braces or Invisalign treatment. They help keep your teeth in their new positions and prevent shifting over time, ensuring your smile stays healthy, aligned, and confident.
Why Are Retainers Important?
After orthodontic treatment, teeth naturally tend to shift back toward their original positions. Wearing your retainer as instructed helps preserve your results and protects the investment you’ve made in your smile.
Benefits of Retainers
- Maintain orthodontic results
- Prevent teeth from shifting
- Support long-term smile stability
- Comfortable and custom-made fit
- Easy to wear and care for
Why Are Retainers Important?
After braces or Invisalign treatment, teeth naturally tend to shift back toward their original positions over time. Retainers are essential for maintaining the results of your orthodontic treatment and protecting the investment you’ve made in your smile. Wearing your retainer consistently helps preserve proper alignment, bite stability, and long-term smile health.
Custom Retainers Designed for Your Smile
At Daly Orthodontics, we create custom retainers designed specifically for your smile using advanced digital technology. Our retainers are crafted for a precise, comfortable fit and are easy to wear as part of your daily routine. Whether you need a removable or fixed retainer, Dr. Daly will recommend the best option to help maintain your beautiful smile for years to come.
Care Following Orthodontics
When braces are finally removed, the “retention” phase begins for most individuals. The objective of this phase is to ensure the teeth do not regress back to their previous position. A retainer will be used to maintain the improved position of the teeth.
A retainer is a fixed or removable dental appliance which has been custom-made by the orthodontist to fit the teeth. Retainers are generally made from transparent plastic and thin wires to optimize the comfort of the patient.
Retainers are worn for varying amounts of time, depending on the type of orthodontic treatment and the age of the patient. Perseverance and commitment are required to make this final stage of treatment successful. If the retainer is not worn as directed, treatment can fail or take much longer than anticipated.
Retainer Membership Club
Retainer Membership helps cover lost or broken retainers with low-cost replacements. You can join anytime and include it in your payment plan—ask our team for details!
What do I need to consider when using a retainer?
There are a few basic things to consider for proper use and maintenance of your retainer.
If you have any questions or concerns about retainers, please contact our office.
Don’t lose the appliance
Removable retainers are very easy to lose. It is advisable to place your retainer in the case it came in while eating, drinking, and brushing. Leaving a retainer folded in a napkin at a restaurant or in a public restroom can be very costly if lost because a replacement must be created. A brightly colored case serves as a great reminder.
Don’t drink while wearing a retaine
It is tempting to drink while wearing a retainer because of the unobtrusive nature of the device. However, excess liquid trapped under the trays can vastly intensify acid exposure to teeth, increasing the probability of tooth decay.
Don’t eat while wearing a retainer
Why is wearing my retainer as directed so important?
Clean the retainer properly
Wear the retainer as directed
Does your team speak Spanish?
Yes! Dr. Daly and her team are proud to offer bilingual care in English and Spanish, so every patient and family feels comfortable and fully informed throughout the retention phase of their treatment — from your first fitting to your final check-in. We’re proud to be one of the only bilingual orthodontic teams in the Burlington area.
What technology do you use to create custom retainers in Burlington, NC?
Daly Orthodontics uses some of the most advanced technology available in Burlington and North Carolina to design and produce your retainer.
We start with a 100% digital 3D scan of your teeth — no messy impressions required — ensuring a precise, comfortable fit from the start. Using expert in-house 3D printing, we can produce custom retainers with outstanding accuracy, often with faster turnaround than practices relying on outside labs. It’s the same advanced technology behind every treatment we provide, giving you the most precise, comfortable retainer possible.