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Q: Feeling Ill Due to Retainer?
asked by: jennabee on August 10th, 2006
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For the past four days i've been feeling under the weather, sensations of vertigo, occasional light headedness and slight nausea. I can't think of anything that could be causing it - except that I am a week into wearing an oral retainer for my top teeth. My teeth have shifted greatly and the retainer is still quite tight when I replace it after it's been out of my mouth. Is it possible that my sinuses are being affected and thus giving me that feeling? Or should I assume that's not a possibility?
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kcsulkis
replied on October 12th, 2009
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Did you ever get a response on your question of retainers and headache/nausea? My daughter is having the same issue
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jennabee
replied on October 12th, 2009
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The orthodontist I had been seeing had told me to simply wear a retainer that I hadn't worn in a few years. After a couple weeks of feeling like crap, I switched orthodontists and my NEW orthodontist said under no circumstances should I be trying to wear a retainer that didn't fit my teeth anymore. He said the inner ear & your teeth can have effects on each other.

I eventually had braces for 6 months to realign my teeth and then had a NEW retainer made that does not effect me at all.
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kcsulkis
replied on October 24th, 2009
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Did the problem go away quickly when you quit wearing the old retainer or did it take time? My daughter started having problems the week after she got her braces off and started wearing a retainer
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