中山How to care for oral health during orthodontic treatment?

During orthodontic treatment, it is necessary to pay more attention to oral hygiene than ordinary people! Wearing braces is just the beginning, and it's important to brush your teeth well during this time.

Tooth demineralization → Chalky plaques → Caries → Gingival redness, swelling, and bleeding → Dental calculus → Various periodontal diseases → Loss

In addition to how to brush, there are also some small issues and details to supplement for everyone~

How many times should I brush my teeth a day?

As long as you eat, it is recommended to brush your teeth. Not only have three meals in the morning, noon, and evening, but don't be too troublesome, after all, there is only one set of teeth. Oh, by the way, you also need to brush it before the follow-up visit.

Every tooth needs to be involved from the inside out, including the lip, tongue, and bite surfaces. Special attention should be paid to the area around the appliance where residual bacteria are particularly prone to accumulate. It is important to carefully brush it clean.

How to achieve good brushing effect?

The bracket is blocked and normal vertical brushing cannot be completed, so we recommend rotating the brush.

When cleaning the surface of teeth, the brush head lightly circles the surface of each tooth. Then, the toothbrush is at a 45 ° angle to the gums, allowing the bristles to enter the gap between the appliance and the tooth surface and gently brush.

The rotary brush is simple and effective, and can clean most of the soft dirt on the tooth surface and around the bracket. Use dental floss at least once a day before going to bed. Don't assume that wearing braces means you can't use dental floss anymore. Use a dental floss guide to assist in flossing. Learn more~

Use dental floss to clean areas below the arch wire and adjacent teeth that cannot be cleaned by a toothbrush. Dental floss is an intimate companion for protecting dental health!

Combined use of mouthwash

If conditions do not allow, try to clean your teeth with mouthwash after eating.

If you are wearing a removable invisible orthodontic device, it is much simpler. Just follow the BASS brushing method to clean your teeth. Just add one step, clean the braces, manually brush or buy a sonic cleaner.

During the orthodontic treatment period, brush your teeth carefully, do not be lazy, and make the journey of braces no longer difficult and dangerous! Bring beauty closer!