Brace Care

Keeping your teeth clean while wearing a brace goes a long way towards making sure your teeth and gums remain healthy during your treatment.

Your orthodontist or dental hygienist can give you advice on how to clean around your brace. There are many products to help you with this. Here you can see a toothbrush with a space for your brace so the bristles clean above and below a fixed brace

A smaller brush is good for getting into difficult areas. You should brush right next to the gum, but take care not to brush your gum too hard.

It takes several minutes to clean thoroughly around a fixed appliance.

Your orthodontist or dental hygienist can also give you dietary advice to help prevent staining around your braces.