A member asked:

Please explain if it is safe to wear dental wax on your braces while you are sleeping?

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Chocolate: Read the ingredients on a chocolate bar wrapper. There' slots of wax in chocolate. If you swallow a little wax while asleep it will "work out all right in the end." use wax to cover "stickers" until you get used to braces. It's safe and effective.

Answered 1/19/2014

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Not really.: I would not recommend using dental wax while sleeping. If the wax becomes dislodged, it can be swollowed or caught in the airway. Better safe than sorry.

Answered 5/1/2015

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Sure: likely will stay in place, and if not, its not harmful to swallow in the size you are using (about a pea sized amount)

Answered 11/6/2016

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