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Yes, you can inadvertently swallow a retainer because I did on 09/15/09 while eating chicken. My retainer was a single wire between 2 and 3 inches long which was supposedly "permanently" epoxyed to the back of my lower front teeth. I felt it hurt (I guess when the epoxy bonds broke) and when I checked in the mirror, the retainer was indeed missing. A trip to the emergency room for X-rays showed that in less than 3.5 hours, the retainer had already moved through the stomach and entered the small intestine somewhere in the vicinity of the gall bladder. It showed up very plainly on the X-ray as a white C shaped wire. The ER doctor said just to wait and see if it would go all the way through. That was Tuesday, this is Friday and I am still waiting. I had followup X-rays taken today to see where the retainer is currently residing.

If you swallow your retainer it is treated as swallowing a metal object. If you have sever pain, severe nausea, difficulty breathing, or blood in the stool, go to the ER immediately. My dentist has never had this happen to a patient before.

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No because the retainer can get discolored

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