Excellent oral hygiene is crucial for anyone wearing braces or Invisalign. With braces it’s particularly important to make sure the areas around your braces and along your gum line are kept free from plaque. As these areas are more difficult than usual to clean, we advise patients with braces to book regular teeth cleaning appointments with one of our dental hygienists. If you choose Invisalign aligners, your twice-daily oral hygiene routine of cleaning and flossing can easily continue because the aligners are removable.
Also, with braces you might occasionally loosen a bracket or the wire, either by eating something hard, when chewing or through particular physical activities. In such instances you should make an appointment with your orthodontist so they can repair your braces.