Q. I feel like my plate is too big. I had my braces removed about 5 days ago and on that appointment, when my orthodontist was taking moulds for my plate, on the bottom one he said “your mouth is just a little too big for the small so I’ll give you one size up.” or something like that. Anyway, my lower inside, left gum is being pushed by the plastic bit on the plate and it is extremely painful and is almost drawing blood. I don’t like wearing the bottom plate and often can’t wear it because of the pain. What should i do?