1. Relieve the pain and discomfort

After the first braces, there will be a adaptation period of 1-2 weeks. After each visit, the teeth may produce slight pain. This pain is usually tolerable, and the pain generally lasts about 2-3 days without medication. If the pain does not decrease or worsen, please contact your doctor. In order to reduce the pain, you can use cold water in the mouth, eat soft food, use orthodontic protection wax and other measures.

(Orthodontic protective wax)

(Use method of orthodontic protective wax)

2. Diet precautions

The braces (scientific name appliance, orthodontic bracket) is fixed on the tooth surface by bonding, and generally will not fall off. In order to avoid the bracket shedding, it is necessary to pay attention to the diet: do not eat the food with bone. The following food should be eaten after eating: ribs, chicken wings, chicken legs, duck neck, rabbit head, crab, etc.

 Fruit with the core should be eaten after the core: jujube, plum, plum, nuts, etc.

 Large pieces of food and hard fruit should be cut into small pieces or slices after eating, eating with teeth bite surface chewing: apples, pears, peaches, etc.

 Eating hard food (such as peanuts, hu beans, etc.) or sticky food (such as rice cake, rice dumplings, chewing gum, etc.) is easy to cause the bracket to fall off, should be careful to eat.

 It is advisable to eat slowly, avoid Wolf, if you feel hard against the bracket, you can not continue to bite, so as not to cause the bracket fall off.

 3. Good oral hygiene habits

Patients wearing braces should pay special attention to oral hygiene during the treatment process. If the teeth are not cleaned, there will be food residue and soft scale around the tooth surface and brackets. Under the long-term action of oral bacteria, there will be gingival swelling, bleeding, gingivitis, periodontal disease, tooth surface demineralization, caries and other conditions.

(Gingivitis, typically seen as a red and swollen gingival margin, bleeding from brushing)

(Enamel demineralization, typically seen as chalky patches on the Asian crown surface around the brackets)

Brushing time: Please brush your teeth after the morning, middle and evening meals, after eating snacks, before the visit. Brush your teeth for no less than three minutes each time. Make sure that the three sides of each tooth (lip, tongue, and occlusal surface) can be effectively cleaned. Focus on cleaning around the appliance, to the teeth on the soft scale and residual food residue carefully brush clean.

(Make sure that the three sides of each tooth are effectively cleaned when brushing.)

It is recommended to use a small head soft toothbrush or orthodontic special toothbrush, fluoride toothpaste, dental floss, gap brush, tooth punch, etc.

(Special orthodontic toothbrush, with long edge bristles, short middle bristles, can better adapt to the tooth surface shape after pasting the bracket)

(Use floss to clean the parts below the arch, near the teeth)

(Dental space brush)

(oral irrigator)

Tip: Gargling does not replace brushing your teeth!

 4. Good doctor-patient cooperation

Timely return visit: Make an appointment according to the doctor's working time and your specific situation. If you have temporary business, please call the doctor to change the appointment.

 Contact in the following situations: if the appliance falls off, or find the mouth or deformation in the mouth, contact the doctor in time. The doctor will arrange the processing time according to your specific situation, and wear the correction device strictly according to the doctor's advice.

 5. Correct bad oral habits

Poor oral habits can lead to abnormal stress on the oratognathic system, and the longer the duration of poor oral habits, the greater the possibility and severity of malocclusion. Therefore, it is necessary to break down the bad oral habits as soon as possible and block the occurrence and development of deformities.