Sentence examples for removable retainer from inspiring English sources

The Hawley appliance was a predominant removable retainer.

A combination of a bonded and a removable retainer was mostly used by the orthodontists in both dental arches, except after expansion of the upper dental arch when a removable retainer was dominant, and after the correction of a rotation of the permanent mandibular anterior teeth, the orthodontists preferred a fixed retainer (Tables 1 and 2).

The orthodontists seemed to be split in our study into two camps with regard to the duration of wearing a removable retainer after an orthodontic treatment, and they recommended to wear a removable retainer for 1 2 years or 5 years and more.

A combination of a fixed and removable retainer (a vacuum-formed retainer) was the most commonly used in Norway [8], and this was in agreement with our study; however, the orthodontists in Lithuania gave priority to the Hawley retainers.

Lithuanian orthodontists preferred a combination of a fixed and removable retainer in the upper and lower arches, except after an expansion of the maxillary dental arch or correcting any rotations of the mandibular anterior teeth.

The reason for a "double" retention might be that the orthodontists were worried about the relapse tendency and about the patients who might forget to wear their removable retainer as specified.

Interventions: fixed retainers, removable retainers, and interproximal reduction.

Three respondents (3.7%) used only removable retainers, whereas 17 respondents (21.0%) used both fixed and removable retainers in all cases.

A combination of fixed and removable retainers was the most often used in the orthodontic retention.

Moreover, both fixed and removable retainers are prone to breakage, loss, and degradation [2, 11].

A combination of fixed and removable retainers was the most often used in an orthodontic retention.