Best Practices for Best Practices: 6 steps to fixed ortho retention made easy

Oct. 27, 2021
Dr. David Rice shares his steps to make fixed retention easy for patients who refuse to wear their retainers postorthodontics.
David R. Rice, DDS, Chief editor

So, ever have a patient postortho who refuses to wear their retainers?

In this episode of Best Practices for Best Practices, let’s talk about six steps to make fixed ortho retention easy. This will work for those patients who will not wear their removable orthodontic retention. 

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Editor’s note: This video first appeared in Through the Loupes newsletter, a publication of the Endeavor Business Media Dental Group. Read more articles and subscribe to Through the Loupes.

Founder of the nation’s largest student and new-dentist community, igniteDDS, David R. Rice, DDS, travels the world speaking, writing, and connecting today’s top young dentists with tomorrow’s most successful dental practices. He is the editorial director of DentistryIQ and leads a team-centered, restorative and implant practice in East Amherst, New York. With 27 years of practice in the books, Dr. Rice is trained at the Pankey Institute, the Dawson Academy, Spear Education, and most prolifically at the school of hard knocks. Contact him at [email protected].