Contents:
- Medical Video: How to Properly Clean Your Teeth
- Care guide for stirrup wearers
- 1. Be careful about choosing food
- 2. Avoid bad habits that damage your teeth
- 3. Clean between your braces after eating
- 4. Regular control
- 5. Protect teeth during exercise
- How to reduce pain when new stirrup pairs
Medical Video: How to Properly Clean Your Teeth
Are you a brace user or braces? If your answer is yes, then you should listen to tips on maintaining dental health for those of you who use the braces below. Life with braces is not difficult, really!
Care guide for stirrup wearers
1. Be careful about choosing food
Eating the wrong foods can damage your braces. During the first few days, it is recommended to consume soft and delicate foods. Cut your food into small pieces to make it easier to chew. Examples of foods you can consume include rice, pasta, fish cake, mashed potato, soft-cooked meat, pudding, ice cream, bananas, and juiced fruit.
Some foods are not recommended for consumption when you use braces because it can damage braces, food that is hard, chewy, sticky, and needs to be bitten. Examples of foods to avoid are apples, caramel candy, nuts, and gum. Chewing gum is not recommended because it can stick to braces.
2. Avoid bad habits that damage your teeth
You may have a habit of biting your nails or biting a pencil. You have to stop the habit because besides damaging your teeth, it can also interfere with the braces that you just installed.
3. Clean between your braces after eating
It is important for you to maintain the cleanliness and health of your teeth. Always brush your teeth after each meal to avoid having food tucked into braces. The right time to brush your teeth is 1 hour after eating.
4. Regular control
Always control routinely to the dentist to see developments and repair braces that start to loose. Control is recommended every 3-10 weeks depending on the type of braces you use and the advice of your dentist.
5. Protect teeth during exercise
If you are an athlete or have a sports hobby, you can still do it. Use a mouth protector every time you exercise to protect your teeth and braces, especially if you are doing high-risk contact sports. If you use removable braces, always take off your braces while playing and keep using the mouth protection.
How to reduce pain when new stirrup pairs
After your braces, mouth and teeth will definitely feel very uncomfortable while you are still adjusting yourself to new braces. This is normal and is felt by everyone who uses braces. To reduce pain, you can take painkillers.
The use of braces is a long-term therapy. It is important for you to know how to treat braces so that they last long and give maximum results. If there is damage to your braces, do not hesitate and do not delay to immediately see your dentist.
