Questing about My Retainer?

Question

so my ortho said to let my retainer stay in water instead of letting it try out and get hard or whatever, but i only wear it at night and i forget to put it in alot and when u do that just sitting in regular water it can get gross. so i end up cleaning it for like 20 min before i wear it again.

Is there a way i can let it soak knowing it wont get all gross??

Answer 1

For retainers, try and get a dental cleaner. It can be bought at most stores and most of them allow the retainers to soak for hours and the retainer stays safe and clean.

Answer 2

Use half regualt water and teh other half mouth wash that way it gets clean.

Answer 3

First off what type of retainer do you have?

The one with the metal, or the clear one?

I have the metal one, and it's hard to get the gross stuff off, so I soak it in denture cleaner once in a while for about 2 hours.