Your retainer should be a snug fit over your teeth, tight, but not too tight. There are a few reasons why your retainer may feel too tight when wearing it, and these could be signs of a bigger problem. Here’s why your retainer feels tight sometimes.
The purpose of a retainer is to prevent your teeth from shifting after you’ve completed your braces or aligners treatment. The act of professionally shifting your teeth by a dentist can be an expensive one, but in the end, the results will be a perfect smile that you can be confident about.
When you have finished your braces or aligners, your dentist will craft you a retainer. This is to be worn every night while you sleep. The more you wear it, the more your teeth will be protected. Teeth have elastic memory and will always try to shift back to their natural positions no matter how long it’s been since you’ve had braces or aligners. This means that for the rest of your life you will need to wear a retainer while you sleep. So why does your retainer feel tight sometimes?
Your retainer may feel tight if you haven’t worn it for a few days. Since your teeth are always trying to shift back to their natural positions, if you miss a few days or weeks without the protection of your retainer, your teeth may already have begun to shift back. These shifts are called microshifting, and you’ll be able to feel it with your retainer.
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If you put your retainer on and it really hurts or feels too tight, immediately take it off. If you continue to try to wear it, you may damage the nerves of your teeth, which would result in you needing costly repair surgery. The retainer should be snug on your teeth, but it shouldn’t hurt.
Constant pain or super tightness with the retainer signifies that your teeth have begun to shift back. If your retainer is very tight but doesn’t hurt, you can try to continue to wear it to prevent any further shifting. Your dentist may need to create a plan with aligners to reset your teeth to the perfect position, which can be very costly.
Most people deal with this because they’ve lost their retainer and it took a few days or weeks to find it. When they put it back on, the retainer is tight because the teeth have shifted without protection. To prevent this, it’s always ideal to have a backup set of retainers on hand.
SportingSmiles has been crafting retainers since 2009 and has served over one million customers. Retainers made by SportingSmiles are completed 100 percent from the comfort of your home and without the massive bill associated with your dentist. They are the same premium material and quality, but they’re much more affordable and easier to receive from SportingSmiles.
To receive a replacement set of retainers, or a backup set, you can receive the patented impression kit. You’ll take impressions of your teeth before shipping them back to SportingSmiles with free shipping to have the SportingSmiles dental lab craft your retainers. If you already have your physical molds or digital STL files from your dentist, you can use either of those. Your dentist will typically give them to you for free. Just ask!
Retainers from the dentist can cost between $500 and $1,200. Living in Chicago, Houston, New York, Boston, Los Angeles, or Atlanta means that you will pay over $1,000 at least. With SportingSmiles, you can receive those exact same retainers at a fraction of the cost. Keep a backup set on hand for when you lose your first pair. This way, you can pop them in without worrying about your teeth shifting or your retainer becoming super tight!
