Flossing Tips for Braces Wearers

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Flossing Tips for Braces Wearers
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Content

• Introduction
• Challenges While Flossing With Braces
• Make Flossing Easy For You
• Different Flossing Options
• - Water Flossers
• - Orthodontic Flossers
• - Dental Tape
• - Proxy Brush

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Introduction
Do You Know?
Tooth Brush cannot reach
1/3 rd
of the tooth surface.

• It becomes important to floss to remove bacteria
  and plaque from the rest of the surface.
• It becomes stringent and frustrating when it has
  to be done with braces.
• Food particles get trapped in bands and wires and
  increase the risk for oral health problems.
• It is recommended to spend about times
  more time on oral care with braces than before
  having them.

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Challenges While Flossing with Braces

• Arch wire blocks the floss and restricts its up
  and down movement.
• It becomes hard to reach the gum line.
• Gum might bleed in starting while flossing.
• It requires a lot of patience and time to floss
  teeth with braces.

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Make Flossing Easy For You

• There are many ways to floss without braces but
  for braces wearers the left out options are very
  few.
• Before flossing, swish and rinse the mouth
  vigorously with an anti-plaque rinse.
• Do it for ½ minute.
• Will help in loosening plaque and food particles
  trapped in the braces.

Pre-flossing
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Water Flossers

• Different Flossing Options

• An at-home flossing device to remove plaque and
  debris.
• Uses a stream of pulsating water which targets
  plaque and food debris in mouth.
• A hand held device which removes plaque in
  difficult areas.
• The most highly recommended method of flossing.

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Orthodontic Flossers

• Different Flossing Options

• It is specifically made for braces wearers.
• Consist of plastic wand pre-strung with floss,
  made with thinner arms to allow cleaning plaque
  underneath the arch wire.
• Its tail end is made to remove the plaque or food
  from around the brackets.
• Easily gets in between the back teeth.

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Different Flossing Options

• Dental tape
• Smooth and spongy tape, especially thin and wide
  to make normal flossing painless and comfortable.
• Proxy Brush
• Small, pointed and flexible brushes having
  bristles similar to a Christmas tree.
• Meant to be used along with flossing.

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