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Problems
with your Retainer
Orthodontic retainers are fitted after orthodontic treatment
is completed. The wearing of retainers is vital if you do
not want your teeth to relapse.
There are two types of retainers: Removable and fixed
Initial
Problems with Removable Retainers
Later problems with Removable
retainers
Problems With Fixed Retainers
Problems with Removable Retainers
Initial
Problems with removable Retainers
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When your retainer is first fitted,
it is normal for it to feel tight. Within a few days, you
will get used to it. Also, it is quite normal for you to experience
dribbling or excessive salivation, difficulty with speaking,
difficulty with eating and soreness of your teeth and gums.
These problems will usually go within a week if you wear your
new retainer as instructed.
Later
problems with removable retainers
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My retainer feels too tight
If your retainer feels tight because you have not been wearing
it as often as you should, it is possible that your teeth
have moved and your retainers are not fitting any more. Please
contact us urgently for an appointment.
My retainer feels loose
If your retainers feel excessively loose, contact us as soon
as possible during surgery opening hours for an adjustment.
I have lost my retainer
Contact us as soon as possible, during surgery opening hours,
to arrange an urgent appointment for a replacement retainer.
Please do not ring the emergency number after surgery hours
to inform us that you have lost your retainer such an appointment.
Please note also, that there will be a fee for making a new
retainer. We will inform you of the current fee when you contact
us.
My removable retainer is broken but I am still able
to wear it
If the damage is minor and you are still able to wear the
retainer, then please continue wearing it. Contact us during
surgery opening hours to have the retainer checked.
My removable retainer is badly broken or distorted
and I am unable to wear it
Start wearing your spare retainer if you have one. Contact
us as soon as possible during surgery opening hours to have
your retainer repaired or replaced.
Problems With
Fixed Retainers
My fixed retainer is broken but I am not in pain
Start wearing your spare removable retainer if you have one.
Contact us as soon as possible during surgery opening hours
to have your retainer repaired.
My fixed retainer is broken
and the wire is digging into me
Contact the surgery for an urgent appointment. Outside surgery
hours, ring our emergency number.
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