How to Prevent Plaque around Your Braces?

How to Prevent Plaque around Your Braces?

If you have got braces to straighten your teeth, it becomes a common ground for plaque. When wearing braces, food particles and plaque have other areas to become trapped and accumulate. So, it is advised to use electric toothbrush which is designed well to gently and completely clean your teeth around braces. Be sure to spend three times as long on oral care after getting braces treatment. It is worth your time because you would increase risk of gum disease if you don’t take proper care of oral hygiene when your teeth are being aligned. It can also help teeth look better when you finally get your braces removed.

Take care of your gums with Electric Toothbrush You might want to use sensitive mode of electric toothbrush when wearing braces. It activates at low speed for additional care and comfort on the gum line and also along the orthodontic wires and brackets.

Brushing while having braces

Here are the steps of brushing to make your routine easy –  First of all, remove bands, elastics, or removable parts, if any, from orthodontic appliances.  Clean up your braces. Do it carefully around pins and wires.  Clean each wire. From top to bottom, go all the way around the lower and upper teeth.  Brush your teeth. It is recommended to brush your teeth for at least two minutes, two times in a day. It means you give each side of your mouth at least 30 seconds.

Electric toothbrushes usually come with a timer which pulses once in every 30 seconds so you can know the right time to switch the areas of mouth. Be sure to clean all areas of tooth.  Rinse and check your teeth. Rinse your teeth properly and check braces and teeth in mirror and look for any food particle left.