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Permanent Retainer is Not Keeping Permanent Crowns Together?

Permanent retainer is not keeping permanent crowns together. Prior to the crowns the permanent retainer held my real teeth together. Then I had veeners, the permanent retainer held it together fine. The retainer has been adjusted many times and is allowing the 2 top front crowns to stay together.

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2 Doctor Answers | Asked by msmiller
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Retainer not working?

If the retainer is bonded to the back of your teeth special bonding material will be necessary to stick to a crown, if your teeth have shifted you may want to align first and then have a retainer made good luck Kevin Coughlin DMD, MBA, MAGD CEO Baystate Dental PC
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Permanent Retainer is Not Keeping 2 Crowns Together

A permanent retainer is usually bonded to the backs of the teeth that it is trying to hold together. The problem is that it is very difficult to bond to a crown. The bonding is probably de-bonding, allowing the teeth to separate again.

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The permanent retainer is not coming off. My regular retainer is tightly holding my teeth together. The dentist even holds the two teeth together with pliers as he replaced the permanent retainer. I have 2 wires holding the 2 teeth together and it's still spreading apart.
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The bond is on the crowns just fine. It not a problem with the permanent retainer coming off. That is stuck and not budging. It's a matter if the space opening between the two front teeth.
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