Cavities and gum health problems can sometimes complicate the process and lead to unnecessary discomfort after your adjustments.

Fortunately, a consistent daily oral hygiene routine based on brushing your teeth twice and flossing at least once each day can help remove bacterial deposits from your mouth become they can promote oral health problems.

If you are having trouble brushing around braces hardware or cleaning a contoured area, you might want to try using a small interdental brush.

Sometimes braces hardware can make it difficult to floss certain areas including the gumline. To help work the strand of dental floss around wires and components you might want to try using a floss threader. It can help you remove plaque and residual food particles from all the surfaces between your teeth as well as your gumline.

Your routine dental checkup is also important for monitoring the health of your teeth and gums to catch any problems that might develop or to determine the most applicable preventative measures.

If you had braces installed in your mouth at Drs. [doctor_name]’s orthodontic office in [city] or Bluffton, [state], and you have an oral hygiene question, you can always call [phone] to speak to a staff member at [practice_name].

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At the same time, orthodontic components like brackets, wires, bands, and spacers can sometimes prove challenging to clean with your standard soft-bristled toothbrush. Some elements, like wires, might also make it challenging to effectively floss the gumline.

To help aid in your daily oral hygiene efforts, you might want to try including one or two special oral hygiene tools in your regimen.

An interdental brush is basically a miniature toothbrush with a tapered brush head. This can be especially helpful for cleaning hard to reach places around braces components. It might also handy for removing small food particles from bands and spacers.

A special water flosser device such as a Waterpik® might also help to loosen and wash away food deposits. Just keep in mind that this is it is not meant to fully replace the ability of dental floss to clean between teeth and the gumline.

If you’re having trouble flossing around wires and other orthodontic components, to clear the gumline, you might want to try using a floss threader. When this simple tool is loaded with waxed dental floss it can help insert the strand of dental floss in place while reducing your chances of accidentally snapping it into your gums.

If you had braces installed at [practice_name]’s orthodontic clinic in [city], [state] and you have an oral hygiene question, you can always call [phone] to speak to Dr. [doctor_name] or a member of [hisher] staff.

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