05
Feb
I have braces (I know!!) and I am going for my dentist appointment for first time with braces on for cleaning. I have no idea how they do it. Do they clean it as they do regularly on patients without braces?
How long does it take? I heard that it takes 60 minutes. Is that true?
They just used a regular toothbrush on me. They don’t take your braces off. And they floss with that threader floss like you have. Good luck! =]
they do it the same way as any other dentist appointment, and it takes the same time. about 15 minutes. The only thing that takes longer is when they floss, xD
They pretty much just clean your teeth like they regularly do. It takes about the same amount of time. They usually just scrape under them more because more junk collects under them. But its not much longer
Find a dentist that uses water tools to clean teeth. The high powered water picks are good for braces and won’t take much longer than a regular cleaning for bare teeth.
i had braces for 5 years (1 through 5th grade) so ya. they just clean around the brackets with the toothbrush and they floss like you usually do with braces
You go to your orthodontist and he takes them off, then you go to your dentist and get the teeth cleaning, go back to the ortho and get the braces put back on. Annoying. Or perhaps you can do the water tool thingy described.