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CraigW
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Date Posted: 06:37:42 07/20/04 Tue
In reply to:
Sue Ellen
's message, "Re: Cleaning retainers" on 20:28:55 07/19/04 Mon
Agreed on the wire vs. clear! I've about worn through my clear upper in a couple of places in the year I've had it. I can see I'm going to need to replace it every year or so! I wonder what the lifetime of a wire Hawley is? Expect to be going to nights only soon, so a wire one wouldn't bother me.
As for cleaning, I've been using the Aquafresh stuff and it seems to work pretty well. Its more minty than the Retainer bight stuff. Been buying it on sale, and each box has a $.50 coupon in it, which all my local grocery stores double.
>If the Essix is the clear plastic one, that's what I
>have. And I wish I had the one with the wire, because
>I've only had this one since February and I've already
>bitten one hole in it (tiny) and it's worn in two
>other spots. And I don't wear it during the day, just
>at night. I can see it's not going to last all that
>long!
>
>I just bought a generic brand packet of denture
>tablets and they were only a couple of dollars, if I
>remember rightly, for 30 tablets. Which is 30 weeks!
>Mind you, a lot of the ortho type stuff you have in
>the States is not available in Australia except
>through an orthodontist, which hikes up the price.
>Eg, wax, floss threaders and ortho toothbrushes are
>only available in the really big pharmacies
>(drugstores) and then not always. My dentist ordered
>floss threaders in for me - he'd never even heard of
>them. He kept saying, "You mean Oral B Super Floss?"
>For such a big place, Australia does act like a
>country town sometimes!! (But I still love it....)
>
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>>Sue Ellen, do you have Essix retainers?
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