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What is the Thickness of an Essix Retainer? - YouTube
Channel: StraightSmile Solutions Orthodontic Coach for GPs
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it's dr amanda with straight smile solutions聽
street smile solutions.com and today we're聽聽
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going to talk about essex retainers聽
in-house assist retainers i have so聽聽
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much content on essex vivera's retainers matter聽
of fact it has its own playlist that's located on聽聽
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my page of my youtube and all our 4 000 plus聽
education videos are totally free at this moment聽聽
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i say that because they may not be someday聽
um but at the moment they are so enjoy them聽聽
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and if you want to make essex retainers um a聽
lot of people asking what material should you聽聽
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make it from and remember essex retainers is聽
a category it's a brand essex is owned by um聽聽
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dentsply i believe it used to be owned by聽
crayon i can't even remember they they've聽聽
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been bought out so many times raintree i聽
think it was there was all different ones聽聽
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but um they are now owned by dentsply they聽
own essex it is one brand of clear retainer聽聽
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material slash clear aligner material depending聽
on the thickness and the biomaterials of how it's聽聽
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made whether it's a last american nature聽
but a traditional essex retainer in-house聽聽
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or or even if you're purchasing it from a lab聽
is usually o4o now o4o is in inches i believe聽聽
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that equals one millimeter in the wonderful聽
metric system which of course makes more sense聽聽
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that would be your traditional material someone聽
asked me today about oh about um half millimeter聽聽
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which would be o2o which no that's more like聽
a bleaching tray material and i believe a聽聽
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liner material is usually o30035 so a retainer is聽
normally thicker within that subcategory there's聽聽
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all different types of essex you got s6 s60 plus聽
s6a plus so certain ones are better for bruxer聽聽
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certain ones are more clear certain ones are聽
better for a liner so i have other videos on that聽聽
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to access all my other asics materials videos聽
or pontif videos for retainers you can go to聽聽
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my youtube site to get there go to yours put in聽
the search bar street smile solutions they'll take聽聽
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you to mine which has a green banner um scroll聽
down there's about 10 to 12 playlists on the聽聽
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home page i believe retainers is more towards the聽
bottom which is fitting because it's at the end聽聽
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of treatment but from there you聽
can watch all the videos i have on聽聽
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everything retainers and hopefully it's helpful聽
but yeah nothing wrong with doing in-house essex聽聽
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but but but you need to have the proper equipment聽
if you are half-assing it and using vacuformers聽聽
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instead of pressure formers like the biostar or聽
the mini star it will not be as adapted as well聽聽
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and um the mini star in the biostar is kind of聽
expensive so a lot of people don't have that they聽聽
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just have the traditional vacuum former i would聽
never ever use that i'm not saying i haven't used聽聽
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it because we've all made that mistake you know聽
when we first started out but in hindsight now i聽聽
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would never never never use it because it's just聽
not as well adapted and now that i have kind of聽聽
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these eyes where i see things you know 10 20 30聽
years down the road i can see how regular essex聽聽
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that's not made on a proper biostar or mini star聽
won't adapt as well and it won't keep the teeth聽聽
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as straight now as a patient you're not going to聽
know what it was made on because you don't have聽聽
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access to their lab so i think a good question聽
for you to ask if you are a patient listening to聽聽
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this video is to ask your doctor if you're going聽
through braces treatment or invisalign treatment聽聽
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good question first of all i'd ask what's included聽
with my treatment do you include retainers with my聽聽
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treatment if they most orthodontists are pretty聽
upfront you know this is what's included records聽聽
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this final records retainers one set retainers聽
more than one set retainers holley retainers聽聽
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essex retainers by their retainers what's聽
included how many retainers am i gonna need聽聽
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for a lifetime you're gonna need way more than聽
one set for a lifetime so what's going to be聽聽
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the cost if i need to replace them personally my聽
suggestion is get a couple sets up front because聽聽
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when it's time they need to replace them it's more聽
of an emergency and it's better to have a backup聽聽
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set sitting around and i would switch it out after聽
a year or two you know make it be nice and firm聽聽
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that's why invisalign vivera comes in sets of four聽
that makes sense to me and it's a very affordable聽聽
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uh product it's okay if your doctor is doing聽
in-house essex but my question is are they made聽聽
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professionally you're not gonna know by looking聽
at it so you could definitely ask and you could聽聽
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ask if you could see their lab there's nothing聽
wrong with that you can ask if they're using聽聽
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biostar or mini star the trim is a little less聽
important than what it's made and how it's made聽聽
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but i've seen all kinds of junky retainers that聽
are made in-house and a patient wouldn't know聽聽
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right so why spend two years or a year or two聽
investing your time and money into straightening聽聽
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your teeth if the retainers are going to be made聽
cheaply and sub-par right so my suggestion is聽聽
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that patients ask for viveira retainers by name聽
just because the quality is really good you know聽聽
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it's going to be made right you know the quality聽
is done right you know it's going to fit right聽聽
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so especially if you're using a scan to do it just聽
ask for that by name if the doctor says no i don't聽聽
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do viveira then say well can i get them how much聽
is it going to cost me because for me even if i聽聽
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had to pay an extra 200 or 300 at least i know i'm聽
getting a good quality product in a set of four聽聽
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for uppers four lowers which should last me should聽
last me for a lifetime as long as i'm not losing聽聽
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them so it's definitely worth a couple hundred聽
dollar investment for me all right thanks so much
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