Home / Appliances / Retainers / Mesh Fixed Lingual Retainers Mesh Fixed Lingual Retainers
The mesh pad fixed lingual retainer uses a laser-welded, low-profile flat wire that reduces bulk, contoured interproximally to follow the anatomy. Made to your Rx and shipped in 10 business days or faster.
Retainers Mesh Fixed Lingual Retainers The patient can floss between the pads. Our standard for the mesh pad FLR is 16 x 22 stainless steel, and we can't use braided wire with mesh. Place mesh pads on each tooth, or on the distal-most teeth only.
Anchorage
Bonded, mesh pads
Correction
Retention after treatment
Turnaround
10 business days or faster
When it’s the right call.
Use it when
Fixed retention with less bulk on the lingual
Patients who need room to floss between pads
Cases where you want pads on the end teeth only
Lower anterior retention after treatment
Consider another appliance when
Options you can prescribe.
Wire
Solid stainless .016 x .022 standard, or round .028. No braided wire.
Pads
Mesh pads on each tooth, or on the distal-most teeth only.
Placement
Central to central, lateral to lateral, or cuspid to cuspid.
What every Mesh Fixed Lingual Retainers
case needs.
Send these with the case and it goes straight onto the bench. If anything’s missing, we call you before we start.
Impressions, models or scans taken before debond
The completed Rx sheet, with your design choices marked
Pad placement and span, marked on the Rx
Your debond date, so the retainer is ready
Resources for the Mesh Fixed Lingual Retainers
The Rx sheet, instructions for use and chairside guides, ready to download or share with your team.
From the Education library
Questions about the Mesh Fixed Lingual Retainers.
What does a mesh fixed lingual retainer look like?
A low-profile flat wire, laser-welded and contoured between the teeth, with mesh pads bonded on the lingual.
Can patients floss with a bonded lingual retainer?
Yes. There's room to floss between the mesh pads.
Can the lingual retainer use braided wire?
Not with mesh pads. For braided wire, prescribe our composite FLR.
Where can the pads go?
On each tooth, or on the distal-most teeth only.
Send us your next case.
Appliances that fit the first time and arrive on time.
