- Wear your Removable retainer at all times, except while eating food and drinking liquids other than plain water.
- When your retainer is NOT in your mouth, it should ALWAYS be in its CASE. Pets love to chew on them! so keep them safely away from pets.
- Clean the retainer thoroughly once a day with a toothbrush and toothpaste. Use Room temperature water only not hot water. Brushing retainers remove the plaque and eliminate odors.
- Initially, you may find it difficult to speak. Practice speaking, reading, or singing out loud to get used to it faster.
- Also, there is a chance that you will have more salivation for the first few days than normal, and don’t stop wearing because of this.
- Retainers are breakable, so treat yours with care. If your retainer gets lost or broken, call us immediately. even a delay of 2 days will lead to shifting in teeth position) ( as there are high chances of teeth shifting back to their original position)
- If you have any questions or concerns about your retainer, or you believe it needs adjusting, call us. Do not try to adjust it yourself.
- If they are poking or hurting on gums then they need adjustment
- Always bring your retainer to your appointments.
- Retainer replacements are expensive, but with proper care, they lasts longer
- Remove your retainer when you go swimming.
- Keep retainers away from hot water, hot car dashboards, pockets, the washing machine, and napkins.
- If you stay outstation get a spare retainer fabricated.
- we recommend follow-up every 3 months for at least 2 yrs as retainer may become loose need tighntening; and 6 monthly scaling for keeping good oral hygiene.
How to avoid treatment relapse
> visit for followup every 3 months
>if any breakage or retainer has become loose inform us immediately and follow steps as advised
>Not wearing retainer as suggested
>Don’t stop using retainer on your own take advise from us before you stop.
>Professonal cleaning/plaque removal recommened every 6 months after treatment.
Duration For Removable retainer
To begin with ,start wearing retainer for 18-22 hrs a day;keep visiting for followup every 3 months normally retainer has to be worn for 6 months to 2 yrs ,may be more,depending upon case to case,hence donot stop wearing or reduce duration of wearing on your own we will let you know on your follow up visits
Duration For Fixed retainer
keep visiting once in 3 months for a regular follow-up. at least for 2 yrs and 6 monthly scaling for keeping good oral hygiene.
