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Permanent retainers
Hey i have permanent retainers for about 3 years and now i am worried as they use some rays to stick retainers at back of teeth so are these rays harmful can it lead to cancer
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No. The rays are not harmful. No need to worry about it.
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It is sticked with composite which is cured with curing light which is harmless
Also u should make it remove as its been 3 years
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Permanent retainers is placed at back of teeth using tooth colored composite. For this composite to set completely and gain it's strength(to become hard) requires UV light.
As per your query regarding the harmful effect of this light, amount of exposure is very less. This amount of exposure will not cause any particular type of cancer.
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Dr. Saloni Tandon
Dentist
8 yrs exp
Bangalore
Hello dear I hope you are fine
Well we use composite material to set the permanent retainers and to set (to gain strength) we need uv light of particular wavelength which has very less harmful effects .
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