Ask an Orthodontic Dentist: What Do I Do if My Invisalign Retainer No Longer Fits?
After orthodontic therapy with Invisalign, you will have beautifully straight teeth and a fresh new smile. Yet the procedure isn’t nearly finished. Continuous changes in your mouth, such as the emergence of wisdom teeth, as well as daily stressors of biting and chewing, can cause teeth to shift over time. To avoid movement that could alter the position of your nice straight teeth, you will need to use a retainer.
A Vivera retainer will be provided to Invisalign patients to wear every night for the first six months following treatment. This Invisalign retainer resembles an Invisalign tray nearly perfectly, with the exception that it is composed of a somewhat more robust plastic.
Sadly, not everyone wears their retainers as regularly as they should. If you haven’t worn yours in a while, you could find that it’s challenging to snap the retainer back into place when you want to wear it again. Here are three things you can take if your Invisalign retainer no longer fits properly. Contact California Dental Group at (800) 407-0161 if you need assistance.
Obtain Supportive Tools
If your Invisalign retainer is just a little too tight, you might try utilizing specific tools to get it on and off. The “Chewies” from Invisalign can be utilized to force that snug retainer into position. These chewies resemble little rolls of gauze or cotton but are actually comprised of a spongy styrene copolymer substance.
Simply place them between your teeth and bite down to utilize them. To ensure that all teeth get a chance to bite on the chewie, move it around. Your tight-fitting retainer should be gradually pushed into place as a result. You can now use a unique Invisalign retainer remover tool to take out your tight retainer when the time comes. This is essentially a tiny plastic tool with a hook on the end that you may use to pop the tray off your teeth by slipping it under the edge of the retainer.
Wear Your Retainer More Often
Your teeth are moving if you’ve observed it’s getting harder to put on and take off your retainer. You may want to start wearing your retainer for extended periods of time to assist train your teeth to stay in place in order to help control this. Try wearing your retainer throughout the day once more as opposed to just at night.
Create a New Retainer
It can even be hard to put your retainer back on if your teeth have already moved too much. Your best course of action in this situation is to visit your orthodontist straight soon and request a new retainer. At the very least, this will guarantee that your teeth do not shift out of alignment any more.
You can visit California Dental Group to have your teeth scanned and a new retainer made, regardless of whether you received your first Invisalign treatment from us or another orthodontist. This procedure is straightforward, quick, and significantly more comfortable than continuing to wear an uncomfortable retainer since we employ the sophisticated iTero scanner.
