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Apr
I Stopped Wearing My Retainer. If you stop wearing your retainer your teeth may shift and require new orthodontic treatment to fix your bite. Even after the bones and ligaments that surround your teeth change your teeth will want to slip back into their original alignment. What Happens If You Dont Wear Your Retainer. Make sure it fits.
Your teeth may have already started to shift back towards their original positions and if you try to force your retainer in you could hurt yourself. This means that formerly crowded teeth will become crowded and crooked again. So a retainers an essential part of teeth straightening and alignment. It may have become damaged lost in a move or you may have simply decided you no longer wanted to wear it. When you stop wearing retainers consistently the teeth will slowly shift and move into different positions. So wear your retainer to avoid this happening to you.
This means that formerly crowded teeth will become crowded and crooked again.
If you havent been wearing it youre teeth would have definitely shifted. If you try to skip wearing your retainer for a. If Youve Stopped Wearing Your Retainer One thing you dont want to do is force your retainer back into your mouth if you havent worn it for an extended period of time. Id recommend wearing for 22 hoursday. Even after the bones and ligaments that surround your teeth change your teeth will want to slip back into their original alignment. When I try to wear them for a full night I wake up during the night from the pain.