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Dental assistant put in the wrong tray! What can I do?

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I got fitted for my first set of trays on 2/25. It is 3/1 now (Saturday night) and I noticed that i am wearing the #4 set. When the assistant took it out she must have accidentally opened #4 instead of #1. Do I go back to #1 or stay on #4 and continue?

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