How to Brush Teeth with Braces?

If you wearing braces for six months or two years, you must be thinking about this question. How to Brush Teeth with Braces? It is difficult to brush teeth with dental braces. Because food particles can be stuck between the braces and teeth. According to your orthodontist changes the number of times per day to brush. But it is very important to brush your teeth after every meal.

Ok. So, guys. Here are some special tips for you.

Select the best tooth brush.

Toothbrush is a very important equipment in dental braces. You can use regular toothbrush. But it is more effective to use a best one. If you use a toothbrush with an angled head it will be more effective. By using regular tooth brush, you can brush your teeth both upwards and the downwards. Likewise, you can get good clean in your braces and teeth. You must know that your teeth have several sides as outer near to your lip, inner which is facing to your tongue and crown bottom of the teeth. When cleaning, you must consider about all these sides. So, your tooth brush should be flexible enough to clean all these sides. Brush can be easily move around your mouth.

               

Can I Use an Electric Toothbrush with Braces? You must be thinking about this. Yes you can. But you need to maintain a right amount of pressure of it. Allow the head of toothbrush to rotate completely. This is more effective and this will save your time. But sometimes if you select regular electronic toothbrush or a sonic toothbrush it can be difficult to handle. So, you must be aware about this.
                       

Give attention to the outer side of your teeth.

Cleaning Teeth with Braces is not a simple thing. Outer side of your teeth is seen in your smile. So, you should give more attention to that side. So, we giving you some instructions to clean the outer side of your teeth. You should begin from the bottom of the teeth. Rub the brush on your teeth and gradually move it to the bottom of the teeth. Slowly and with a circular motion.

If your tooth brush is a regular one you need to slant your toothbrush towards the gum line and to the top of the tooth. This helps you to remove food particles stuck in your teeth and braces. When it comes to the braces, brush it slowly as a small circle. You should spend at least 30 seconds for one bracket.

Brush the crowns of your teeth.

Put your toothbrush in to the spaces between your teeth. Then rub the brush in a circular way. You can remove the food particles easily. Most of the time it’s hard to remove the food particles stuck inside the spaces. So, you have to brush your teeth slowly to remove them. Don’t use sticks. Try to pull those food particles only using your tooth brush.