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Retainer Wear and
Care
Upper Retainer
Your upper retainer is a removable appliance designed
to maintain your teeth in their corrected position. Please follow
these Wear and Care instructions carefully.
WEAR |
- The upper retainer should be worn at all times (during
meals and sleeping too) unless your doctor gives you other
instructions. Remove it only when brushing your teeth.
- The retainer’s plastic taste will disappear quickly,
and your speech will return to normal after a few days
of wearing the retainer.
- Soreness will leave in few days? even after an adjustment.
If you have a localized sore spot after three or four
days, call us for an appointment.
- Don’t flip the retainer with your tongue. This
could damage your teeth.
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CARE |
- Clean the retainer by brushing it with soap and water
and occasionally clean it with denture cleanser, using
warm (not hot) water.
- When it’s not in your mouth. keep the retainer
in a special box given to you (not wrapped in paper or
in your pocket).
- Keep the retainer away from pets.
- Bring the retainer to each appointment.
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Lower Retainer
Your lower retainer is a fixed or removable appliance
designed to maintain your teeth in their corrected position. If your
retainer is removable, follow the same instructions as outlined for
the upper retainer. If fixed, a wire is attached to the inside of
your lower front teeth. It requires special attention.
WEAR |
- A fixed retainer will remain in your mouth permanently
or until your doctor approves its removal.
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Removable Lower Retainer
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CARE |
- When brushing be extra careful to clean the wire and
the inside of your lower teeth. Floss daily and use
a
floss threaded between the retainer wire and the gums.
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Fixed Lower Retainer |
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