What is a retainer?
A retainer is a removable appliance that is fitted to your teeth to hold them in their new, corrected position after your braces are removed. We use retainers that, depending on the patient’s preference, are highly colorful with different designs or are made of clear plastic that are virtually invisible. Typically, retainers are worn full-time for several months and then are worn just at bedtime for as long as the patient wants his or her teeth to remain as perfect as they were when their braces were removed.
A retainer is a simple, removable appliance that is fitted to your upper teeth to hold them in their corrected position after the orthodontist removes the fixed (bonded) braces that were used to straighten your crooked teeth. Drs. Berger and Janisse use a lower bonded (glued) lingual retainer behind the six front teeth. This is a permanent retainer and is much more comfortable and less noticeable than a lower removable retainer.
A retainer is a simple, removable device that is fitted to your teeth to hold them in their corrected position after the orthodontist removes the fixed (bonded) braces that were used to straighten your crooked teeth. Initially our patients are advised to wear the retainer full time for a period of 6 months, subsequently there is a gradual phasing out with reduced wear time.
A retainer is simply a fee paid to a talent for services rendered over a given period of time. This period of time can be whatever deemed necessary. In the voice-over industry retainer fees are commonly paid monthly over the period of a year. This allows the client to secure the talent for a years time while the talent can now count on the retainer fee monthly to figure into a budget. Retainers are used throughout the world on a daily basis by Accountants, Lawyers, Consultants and etc. So basically, retainer is a fancy way of saying, “You owe money monthly for my services.
A retainer fee is a deposit we accept to use for payment of our firm and for payment of costs as we work on the case. With our firm, any unused portion of the retainer is returned at the end of services. Some firms keep all or a portion of the retainer no matter what happens (even if you use them for only a few hours). We do not do this. We require that our clients keep their retainer at a certain amount at all times so that we always have a sufficient amount on hand to prepare for and conduct the necessary hearings or trial in the matter. Because of this, each month we pay ourselves and the expenses of the case from the retainer and then send our clients bills. The clients are expected to pay the retainer fund back the amount we have taken out so that the fund always has the same amount in it.
