Wear your retainer It’s a great day, you just got your braces off and are really feeling good about your smile. You celebrated by chewing a whole pack of gum in 10 minutes and eating all the skittles you want. Your journey of straight teeth is really just beginning. The orthodontist gives you a set of upper/lower retainers to wear at night to keep your teeth straight. The first couple months it is easy to wear your retainers as you are happy you don’t have your braces on anymore. Soon it creeps in, the lack of motivation to wear the retainer. One night goes by and you don’t wear it, the next night you put it in. It feels tight but it is still wearable. Few nights later you miss two n