What to do about a broken retainer?
If you have been wearing your retainer regularly, your teeth may not be as crooked as you may think. A retainer is not always needed to be worn indefinitely. I recommend putting one in every 3 months for up to 8 hours. If the teeth are tender, that's a good indication that the teeth have moved some. If that is the situation, you should wear your retainer for about a month. BROKEN RETAINER: Make an appointment with your orthodontist to have him look at it. Often times their lab can repair a broken retainer. It will all depend on where and how it is broken. If your orthodontist is not willing to take a look at it, ask your General dentist to. He may be able to send it to his lab to have it fixed. CROOKED TEETH: If your teeth are not very crooked, the wire on your retainer can actually be slowly adjusted by your orthodontist to straighten them. Hope this is of help to you.
I broke my retainer! How do I tell my mother?
Tell her the truth and call ur orthodontist asap b/c if you don't get one that is perfect your teeth are going to shift. they will have to take another impression of how your teeth are now instead of the perfect ones you had when your braces were taken off. The sooner you get it replaced the better. By the time you go to your retainer check your teeth will probably have shifted more than you want. Yeah its expensive to replace but since it's only 1 retainer it should be half the cost. Trust me, your mom would probably rather spend money on a new retainer now because she spend thousands of dollars to make your teeth perfect, instead of all that money spent and then you hide what happened and let your teeth start to shift. just 1 night of not wearing your retainer your teeth will shift!
Should i wear my broken retainer to sleep?
No dont wear it. You run the risk of swallowing a piece of it. Anyways it doesnt serve its purpose if its broken. Go to your orthodontist and get it repaired or get a new one made.
I Broke My Retainer what should I do?
Sometimes these things are insured. Tell them. Don't use tape: it's won't work. Your mouth is too moist. Don't use model glue: some glues have toxic chemical that can make you sick. They're not for use inside your mouth. The best thing you can do is tell your parents what happened and then next time don't put your retainer where you might step on it.
Broke my retainer... need excuses?
Ok well i just got my braces off a week ago.. I have to wear both bottom and top retainers for a year.. well my bottom one was hurting so we made a appointment in a couple days.. well i accidentally broke my bottom one. What should i tell my orthodontist so that my parents one have to pay? I was thinking something like.. "my bottom retainer just kept hurting so i kept taking it out and putting it back in.. but then as i was taking it out, it broke" How would that be?? Any ideas are guud! Thankss
Are my retainers broken (pic/details inside) and what should I do?
Here is the picture, I'm pretty sure that crack means it's BROKEN. http://i18.tinypic.com/6jb534x.jpg Okay so I got my retainers yesterday and I wore them to sleep, I vaguely remember taking the bottom retainer off in the middle of the night because my teeth hurt too much and then I slept on it. So either my retainers broke because I slept on it, or because my teeth grinded so hard that it snapped or something, since I grind in my sleep. The top retainer is fine though. So what should I do? It's only the first night and I would hate to pay for a new one already! How much does it cost to replace one anyway?? Please help, thanks.
Urgent!!! retainer broke how fast do teeth shift?
It depends, some people's teeth move faster than others, and everyone's different. In general though, if you miss a week or so on your retainer, your teeth may shift slightly, but nothing that the retainer itself can't fix. If you're going this Friday you should be totally fine, just make sure they know you don't have a retainer, they'll be able to give you more specific advice to you. Until then, you should be totally fine. Good luck!
Broken retainer for braces NEED HELP!?
Retention is the important phase of orthodontic treatment.... Because teeth may go back to there original place... n Wearing faulty / broken retentive appliances may displace teeth...its not indicated... Please go back to ur doc as early as possible.. At least see dentist near by you n get temporary corrections n then wear... So if u lie or don tell ur mom the entire treatment need to done again which is much costlier then dis...and more over entire teeth movement will be disturbed... Tell ur mom & explain the importance of the retentive appliance...n she will understand... TC
Plastic retainer broke can i still wear both pieces?
My plastic retainer broke 5 teeth on one side 9 on the other. I really do not have the money to pay for another, but it still fits perfectly. Will it effect my teeth at all if I carry on wearing both pieces? Also because of where it us broken it will not cut me so don't say I need it fixed because of that.