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- The removable appliance is carefully designed to move or to hold your teeth. It is important that it is worn according to instructions and brought to each appointment.
- Wear your appliance at all times, even while you are asleep. It should be removed while eating, swimming, or playing vigorous sports activities.
- In two or three days your speech will return to normal with the appliance in place.
- Avoid flipping your appliance with your tongue. This can cause damage to your teeth or breakage of your appliance.
- Your new appliance may make your teeth sore for a day or two, especially after an adjustment.
- After a few days, you will not even be aware that you have it on. You will learn how to talk with it.
- Clean your appliance by brushing it daily with toothpaste. Denture cleaner can also be used for a more thorough cleaning.
- Never wrap your appliance in a paper napkin or tissue and set it down on the table. You or someone else may throw it away. Don't put it in your pocket when playing or you may break or lose it. Whenever it is not in your mouth it should be in its plastic appliance case.
- Keep your appliance away from dogs or cats as they love to chew on them.
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