Question on eating with my retainer

Well I got my retainer yesterday, and I've found it SO hard to eat with it in (I'm not allowed to take it out unless I'm brushing my teeth and cleaning it)

I tried eating soft food like mashed potato to see if it was easier than like chicken or...

something, but it was equally as awkward.

I was just wondering...for the mean time, is there anything I could drink that will keep me going since I'm eating so little, just till I can gradually get myself onto eating proper food.

Hi that's weird that you have to eat with your retainer cause once your done eating you have to remove it to wash it no?maybe you should call the ortho and ask them.

You can take it out to eat, you are supposed to. You have to eat, it's not healthy. I always ate with my retainer, it was hard at first but after a couple days it got easier. You have to get used to it before you eat with it.. if that makes since? BUt yeah, you are supposed to take it out to eat. If you leave it in the food will get all stuck in there and cause teeth and gum problems.

ahh, well I'll call my dentist cause he told me to keep it in.

Thanks

ahh, well I'll call my dentist cause he told me to keep it in.

Thanks

I always took mine out and then put it back in afterward. I know they worry that your teeth will move when you eat but food gets stuck in it and it's just down right annoying.

( I would take it out when I ate and then put it right back in afterward)

I have a retainer and its not going to kill you if you take it out when your eating!!!

uh...youre not suppose to eat it with it in...I have a retainer and I take it out when I eat and put it back in later (well use too, I quit wearin it lol) but take it out and put it back in when you eat...it wont hurt anythin, its safe, its safer to take itout than eatin with it in...you could break it or damage by doin that..so stop and take it out and put it back in when you finish eatin

Either your orthodontist is a moron, or you're just trolling for an argument. Keeping your retainer in while eating causes three problems: Hygiene, possible damage to the retainer and possible choking hazard if it breaks.

If there is that much concern from the orthodontist, he should have used braces.

mikishots:

I'm not 'trolling for an arguement'. He said to keep it in.

But I've been taking it out, so yeah thanks for everyones comments.