How to Take Care of Your Braces: Top Tips

How to take care of your braces? When you first get them, you should be ready for the fact that braces require more care than regular teeth. It’s important to understand that braces can get bits of food trapped in them, and this can cause bad breath and accumulation of plaque on your teeth, which, in turn, may lead to more serious diseases. To take care of your teeth with braces you’ll need to brush them more regularly and more thoroughly.

Taking Care of Your Braces

First of all, it’ll be a good idea to brush your teeth after every meal. This will stop the plaque from building up and will improve your oral hygiene. So it’s important to do it more often. Not only that, but it’s vital to brush them more thoroughly. We advise you to clean your braces first. Brush them at an upward angle, and then at a downward angle to clean every bit and piece of food that might have got stuck in there. Taking care of your braces might be a bit of a struggle, but it’s important to do everything right, because if oral hygiene is not present, it might increase the braces wearing period or even lead to some periodontal diseases. After that, you’ll need to brush every tooth to prevent any stains from appearing. It will take longer, but you will always be sure that your treatment is going well.

You’ll need to follow the same footsteps to take care of ceramic braces. They’re known for being slightly larger than metal ones, so it might be a bit of a challenge to clean around them. However, the overall process of brushing teeth isn’t much different. Take care of braces, then of every individual tooth to make sure nothing is stuck in between them. Flossing is also a great option and it is welcome, however, it is also not easy to do when you have braces on. It might be a bit difficult to floss with a tape, so there are special floss threaders you can buy at a pharmacy.

Flossing will prevent any stains from appearing on your teeth and make it easier to remove stuck pieces of food from hard-to-reach areas.

When your orthodontist will be giving you advice on how to take care of your braces, he will certainly give you a list of foods you shouldn’t eat. It will include anything too crunchy or hard, but more importantly anything sticky as these foods have a higher risk of either getting stuck in between braces and teeth or straight up damaging the braces.

How to Take Care of Teeth after Removing Braces

One of the most important points is how to take care of teeth after removing braces. After the orthodontist removes braces, you should expect your teeth to become a bit more sensitive, so it would be a good idea to not eat foods that you couldn’t eat with braces for a while. However, after some time everything will return to normal.

The main concern of the orthodontist is your teeth shifting back into their starting positions. To prevent that, you’ll need to wear a retainer. It comes with a case and it should be cared for, too. It should be kept hydrated when you’re not wearing them to prevent any cracks and it should be cleaned with a toothbrush and a toothpaste every day. It’s a bit of a letdown, because you feel that after such a long period wearing braces you can finally eat whatever you like and not brush your teeth after every meal, but you’re still not allowed to. It’s an important step, however, because that will ensure your teeth have adjusted to their new position and will continue to function as normal. No one wants to wear braces for a second time, right?

Taking care of braces can be a struggle sometimes, but having a healthy smile is worth it. We strongly recommend you to follow your orthodontist’s advice closely. Remember that poor oral hygiene will likely result in more issues with your teeth, including possible periodontal illnesses, so brush and floss your teeth regularly. We hope this article has helped you and if you have any questions feel free to contact us Village Dental Medicine!