Invisible orthodontic braces, retainer braces, temporary crowns, do not need to be taken down to sleep at night; movable dentures need to be taken down to sleep at night.
1. Invisible orthodontic braces: invisible orthodontic braces can be worn for at least 20 hours a day to improve the effect of misalignment or crowding of teeth, if the time worn every day is too short, it will affect the therapeutic effect, so you don’t need to take them down to sleep at night.
2. Retainer braces: the end of orthodontic treatment needs to wear a retainer to keep the effect, generally need to wear about two years, 24 hours need to wear.
3. Temporary crowns: temporary crowns can protect the living pulp teeth, prevent gums from proliferation, after the teeth have been ground, if you do not wear temporary crowns gums will have changes to the real crowns, may cause poor fit at the gums, so the temporary crowns do not need to be taken down.
3. Activity denture: too many missing teeth or all missing teeth need to do activity teeth to restore chewing, artificial teeth force, will be downward conduction compression of mucous membrane, so the patient sleeps is taken off to let the mucous membrane and the abutment teeth rest. Take down the movable teeth need to soak in cool white water, if not taken down, may cause denture stomatitis.
Whether braces need to be taken down at night depends on the type of braces, and it is recommended to consult a doctor if you do not understand.