Dr. Tooba Qazi
Dentistry
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Hello doctor,
I had braces years ago due to my bite being the wrong way round. I then have had retainers to wear at night for a few years. I think the retainers are giving me ulcers. I want to stop wearing them. Will my bite go back the wrong way if I do not wear them?
Hi,
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Yes, your bite may go back to a previous alignment if you will not wear retainers properly. This will cause your whole treatment to relapse and it would be bad. Things you can do is you can put some oral gel at ulcer in the daytime and at least wear for 2 to 3 hours for a week so that ulcer may heal up and then come back to 14 hours of wearing from the next week. If some wire is hurting you and creating ulcer, get it fixed from your dentist and then start wearing.
If you cannot go to dentist urgently chew some chewing gum and put it on the point where it is causing the ulcer and wear it. Or you may put a tiny piece of moldable wax too at that point. It will not hurt that bad then and you can wear it. But do wear it somehow. Take care. Stay happy and blessed.
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