Dental Cure, Dentist in Mira Road

How to Care for Braces

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Braces often cause mild to severe discomfort in most patients for the majority of patients the symptoms subside over a few days or a week. Please follow these simple guidelines for a more comfortable experience.

General Soreness

  • General Soreness can be relieved by rinsing the mouth with warm water & salt mouthwash
  • Dissolve one teaspoon of salt in 8 ounces of warm water, and rinse vigorously
  • Paracetamol (Crocin, Calpol), mild anti-inflammatory (Combiflam, Duoflam) can be taken to alleviate any pain
  • Soreness should end by the third or fourth day
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Loosening of Teeth

  • Teeth may feel loose during treatment. This is expected and normal
  • One has to understand that teeth will loosen a bit first, to be a move to a new position
  • Teeth will again become rigidly fixed in their new positions
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Eating

  • Be careful when eating, not to break your orthodontic appliances
  • For the first few days, soft foods are more appropriate & rinse after every meal.
  • Brush 3 times a day – circular & vertical motion.
  • Food should be cut into small pieces, and chewing should be done with the back teeth
  • NEVER bite into anything with your front
  • teeth – your braces will break off
  • Such as apples, pears, guava, raw carrots, sugarcane, cucumber, chips, chewing gums, corn, popcorn, chicken wings, and any fibrous meat on the bone.
  • Hard foods are off-limits or must be cut up in small pieces and chewed with your back teeth
  • Such as hard cookies, pizza crust, hard bread, hard pretzels, bagels, hard candies, frozen snacks, ice cubes, coconut, chaklis nuts, and raw vegetables
  • Chewy, sticky candies are OFF LIMITS. There are absolutely no exceptions
  • Chewy sticky things may not immediately cause damage but, they will do damage over time.
  • Keep things that aren’t food out of your mouth
  • Do not chew on pens, pen caps, pencils, straws, or fingernails
  • We put bends in the wire to move your teeth in a certain direction. If you put a bend in your wire by chewing something you should not have, you will shift your teeth in the wrong direction lengthening treatment time and causing problems
  • Mild ulcerations due to sharp wires might appear. Apply Dologel or Dentogel or just plain glycerine as and when required.

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