If I Got my Braces off Six Years Ago and Just Recently Lost my Hally Retainer Should I Get a New One? Will my Teeth Shift?

I would wait.  Give it time, the gums may fill in.  If not, Bioclear method does a great job to fill the spaces by only ADDING material.

The overbite you are referring to is actually properly termed "overjet". The reason your upper teeth are moving outward is because that is where they are supposed to be. The mistake you made was having the four bicuspid teeth removed when you did braces the first time. This created an excess...

If you are having four bicuspid teeth extracted PLEASE DON'T! You will be EXTREMELY unhappy with the results using bicuspid extraction orthodontics. If you extract bicuspids, you will accentuate your already long narrow face. You are what we call a 'vertical grower" as seen by your long narrow...

I can't recommend whether or not to extract teeth without seeing clinical photographs or performing a clinical examination.  What I can tell you is that to relieve 9-10 mm of overjet in an adult without spacing present, would require tooth extractions, or even orthognathic surgery (in the...

We use them when the bite would interfere with closing because of the braces.  THe oly alternative is to pur the brackets on the top first and wait and do the lower later.  You can have a removable appliance on the lower in the mean time that starts to get the job done.  This...

GREAT question! I agree with Dr. Bowman, extraction of bicuspid teeth for orthodontic purposes is SELDOM the best way to straighten teeth. I hear from patients nearly every day who are dissatisfied with their bicuspid extraction orthodontic results. If your only goal is straight teeth then...