Retainers after Braces | 7 Orthodontic Tips

Описание: Welcome to The Sandford, one of the most highly regarded cosmetic and advanced dentistry centres in South East London and Kent. Our patients are at the heart of our ethos and our primary aim is to make your treatment as comfortable as possible, with the highest standards of dental care.

Our state of the art clinic provides a welcoming and relaxing atmosphere for your treatment. From the moment you arrive, you will be greeted by our warm and friendly reception team, who will guide you using their extensive knowledge and experience.

Our purpose-built practice is fitted with the latest innovative equipment and we pride ourselves in being one of a few referral centres in the South East that has all dental specialities under one roof. As a result, we are able to carry out multidisciplinary advanced and complex treatments which may not be possible at many dental practices.

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Dr Nina Shaffie, our multiple award-winning orthodontist, prides herself in offering an extremely high standard of orthodontic treatment in a relaxed and friendly environment. She graduated with Honours from Barts and The London School of Dentistry in 2010.

She continued her training completing a year as a dentist followed by a year as a Maxillofacial Senior House Officer at The Royal London Hospital and The Homerton Hospital, where she gained experience in head and neck, trauma and orthognathic surgery. Following this, she continued work in practice as a dentist and part time teacher at Barts and then London dental school working as an Honorary Clinical Supervisor in Oral Surgery.

Nina undertook her three year Orthodontic Specialist postgraduate training course at King’s College Hospital, Stoke Mandeville Hospital and Wexham Park Hospital. She qualified top of her class with a distinction in her Master of Science in Orthodontics and was presented with the prestigious Philip Walther Prize for the most outstanding performance, awarded by King’s College London. She also attained the Membership in Orthodontics (MOrth) with the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh. Furthermore, she was awarded and selected for a short clinical attachment in the Orthodontic department in Sydney, Australia.

In 2018, Nina was awarded the ‘Best Young Dentist in the South East’ at the very prestigious private dentistry awards for her clinical excellence and commitment to her patients. She has also been a finalist in multiple other dental awards.

Nina is a prominent member of the dental community and a Key Opinion Leader, involved with teaching and training dentists. Her patients include high profile clients and celebrities; with her work having been featured live on the Brit Awards, in magazines such as Vogue and Billboard, and mentioned on BBC News.

Nina has been heavily involved in orthodontic research and audits, and has presented her work at national and international conferences, as well as having papers published in peer-reviewed scientific journals. She is an active member of a number of orthodontic societies both nationally and internationally.

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Transcript:
Hi, guys. If you're watching this video it means you've come towards the end of your orthodontic treatment. Congratulations. It's a very exciting time. So I'm Doctor Nina Shaffie, multi-award-winning orthodontist at the Sandford Clinic. And today, I'm going to go through the top seven tips towards retainer wear. So retainers are what stops the relapse of your teeth
back to their original position, but also stops the natural ageing of the teeth that happens
as you get older and teeth move with time. So that why retainers are so important. So there's two types of retainers. You got the fixed ones
that are glued on the inside of the teeth. So these are called fixed retainers
or bonded retainers. You can also have the removable retainers
that you wear at night-time in bed. Now, all of my patients,
they will automatically get both. So you will get an upper and lower
fixed and bonded retainer. You will also get an upper and lower
night-time retainer that you wear on top when you're sleeping. So the question is how long do you want
straight teeth for? So if you want to have straight teeth for life,
then you've got to wear them for life. If you hit 90 and you've had enough
and you want to go back to your crooked teeth,
no problem. Until then,
you've got to wear them all the time. So the moment
you stop wearing them, that's the moment that your teeth are going to start
creeping back to their original position.