Advice about essix retainers
Posted: Tue Apr 17, 2012 4:20 pm
hi! my name is emma. i am new to this site and really would love any input on my gosh darn essix retainers...
i had one made awhile ago by my orthodontist. it worked well and gave me no pain that I can recall.
well, the retainer now has holes and i could tell it was time for a new one. i couldn't get into my orthodontist soon enough, and me being impatient, found a dentist who could.
the new retainer looks just fine, but i was suspicious so I never wore it and stuck with the one with all the holes. so I went back to my regular ortho for a new retainer fitting just last week because i just figured the one from the dentist wasn't good enough. (me being an anxious pessimist!)
before seeing the retainer he told me that yeah i probably needed a new one. but then when he saw the essix retainer i had made by the dentist, he said "Oh that's a pretty great fit." He put it on me, looked at it more, and said it is definitely fine.
So I have been wearing it for a week exactly. The past two days, however, one of my front teeth hurts really bad! I am so terrified that my teeth are moving. Should I keep wearing it to see if it goes away? Should I go back to the old retainer with the holes that doesn't cause pain?
The soonest I can get in that fits into MY schedule for a new retainer from the orthodontist is May 22nd. (Ugh I know, so far away, but my new job doesn't allow much leeway.)
What would all of your advice be? I'm such a nervous nelly about this.
i had one made awhile ago by my orthodontist. it worked well and gave me no pain that I can recall.
well, the retainer now has holes and i could tell it was time for a new one. i couldn't get into my orthodontist soon enough, and me being impatient, found a dentist who could.
the new retainer looks just fine, but i was suspicious so I never wore it and stuck with the one with all the holes. so I went back to my regular ortho for a new retainer fitting just last week because i just figured the one from the dentist wasn't good enough. (me being an anxious pessimist!)
before seeing the retainer he told me that yeah i probably needed a new one. but then when he saw the essix retainer i had made by the dentist, he said "Oh that's a pretty great fit." He put it on me, looked at it more, and said it is definitely fine.
So I have been wearing it for a week exactly. The past two days, however, one of my front teeth hurts really bad! I am so terrified that my teeth are moving. Should I keep wearing it to see if it goes away? Should I go back to the old retainer with the holes that doesn't cause pain?
The soonest I can get in that fits into MY schedule for a new retainer from the orthodontist is May 22nd. (Ugh I know, so far away, but my new job doesn't allow much leeway.)
What would all of your advice be? I'm such a nervous nelly about this.