Repairing a Dental Retainer - Full Appointment

In this appointment, the patient had an upper fixed retainer that had been there for 10 years and had broken, exposing the sharp wire. We removed this retainer, scanned his teeth and made a new lab-milled fixed retainer with a nighttime Essix retainer to go on top. If you have any questions for our online dentists, just ask in the comments 00:00 - Intro 00:35 - Plan for the appointment 01:08 - Do we need to make a new nighttime retainer to wear over the top? 02:42 - Removing the old wire retainer and composite 06:56 - Polishing the teeth 12:45 - Taking a digital scan of the teeth 14:39 - Lab-made vs chairside wire retainers 16:13 - How to clean your night-time retainers 18:00 - Second appointment 19:18 - Etching the teeth 21:20 - Applying bond 23:56 - Placing the new retainer 34:09 - Checking and adjusting the bite 36:50 - Checking if his old Essix retainer fits 37:29 - Taking a new scan 40:18 - Adjusting his old retainer 42:00 - Biting on your upper fixed retainer Sereclean Pods: https://novasmiles.co.uk/blog/serecle... We hope you enjoyed this video! For more, make sure you SUBSCRIBE to this channel (http://bit.ly/4jyieEY), it means a lot, and we want to create even more useful content for you guys in the future! Also, if you've got a dental question, just pop it in the comments and one of our dentists will reply! Filmed at Innovadent Dental Clinic in London, treatment done by Dr Zaeem Jafri For more advice about dental conditions and treatments, visit www.novasmiles.co.uk or just ask away in the comments below!