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Avoiding damage to your mouth and brace
Avoiding damaging your teeth
Your teeth are more at risk from decay and permanent
staining when you’re wearing a brace so you need to
look after them carefully. We’d recommend:
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Avoiding sweets, sticky foods and fizzy
drinks |
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Brushing your teeth after every meal, taking care to
brush along the gum line and around your brace brackets |
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Using an interdental toothbrush to clean under your
brace wire/s (available from reception) |
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Using disclosing tablets to make sure you’ve cleaned
your teeth properly |
Avoiding damage to your fixed brace
Your fixed brace is cemented to your teeth and is
made up of several small and delicate parts. It’s very
important you take care of it, as repeated breakages will
prolong your treatment and you’ll have to wear your
brace for longer. Here’s some do’s and don’ts.
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Avoid chewing your nails, biting your pen
or pencil etc |
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Avoid sticky or chewy sweets, toffee or chewing gum
as these could get stuck to your brace and bend or break
your wire/s |
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Cut hard, crunchy foods such as apples or carrots into
small pieces, rather than biting into them |
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