Precautions for Fixed Orthodontic Appliance Insertion

After about 2-3 times of initial and follow-up consultation in the early stage, patients who need to extract the teeth can put in the fixed orthodontic appliance (bracket) after the teeth are extracted, and many patients and friends may not understand: this bracket is bonded to the teeth by the doctor with a special bonding agent (resin), and its bonding force is able to withstand the force when you eat normally and when the appliance puts force on it, and it will not be damaged in general. However, you can’t eat too hard food after putting in the aligners, which will lead to the dislodging of the brackets, which will not only incur extra cost, but also affect the effect of the treatment and the course of treatment, so please pay attention to it! 1, a brief introduction may lead to the bracket off the food: (1) all kinds of food with bones: such as ribs, chicken wings, chicken claws, crabs, pig’s feet, duck necks, etc., this kind of food to eat when you have to be sure to remove the inside of the bone and then eat, otherwise it is very easy to damage the orthodontic appliances; (2) have shells or nuclei of the fruit: fruits are often eaten, but wear into the orthodontic appliances and then eat must be careful, the shells of the fruit or nucleus The shell or core of the fruit is very easy to drop the brackets. Such as dates, plums, sugar cane, etc. is almost the “killer” of the orthodontic appliances, almost every time you eat must fall. However, we are not let everyone in the long 2-3 years of orthodontic treatment process no longer eat fruit, such as apples, peaches, oranges, pears and other fruits, we only need to use a fruit knife to remove its skin or core, and then cut into small pieces of no problem, do not take the whole fruit directly to bite; (3) In addition, there are such as fried peanuts, fried soybeans, dry broad beans and other dry fruits, did not cook the dry instant noodles, baked cakes and so on should also be careful, the best! Do not eat, this kind of food is also very easy to damage the brackets; (4) Finally, teenage patients should also pay attention to the meal time do not chat, fooling around, there are often children in the meal time due to inattention, chopsticks, spoons, etc. to the orthodontic device damage. 2, it is best not to eat too sticky food now teenage children oral hygiene is generally poor, when wearing into the orthodontic appliances, the mouth will increase a lot of wire-like devices, oral hygiene will be more difficult to deal with, you can imagine when you eat too sticky food you will need to usual time to clean up the mouth a few times? And most of the teenagers nowadays have a very tight study schedule and don’t have much time to brush their teeth at all. Therefore, in order to reduce this trouble of cleaning oral hygiene, we had better eat less milk candy, sticky cake, snacks, dumplings and other foods. 3.After wearing fixed orthodontic appliances, oral hygiene will be more difficult to clean. The effect of gargling will be deteriorated after wearing fixed orthodontic appliances, and it is better to take the method of brushing teeth to clean the oral hygiene after eating every time. There are also tips for brushing teeth after wearing fixed orthodontic appliances: (1) It is better to use a toothbrush with a small head or a special orthodontic toothbrush, because they will be more flexible and convenient to use; (2) Due to the orthodontic appliances glued to the teeth, each tooth surface is divided into two parts: the gums side and the occlusal side, and the two parts should be brushed separately; (3) Brushing the teeth should be done in a vertical brush method, so as to clean the food debris in the tooth gap; (4) The brushing time should not be less than 3 minutes, and it is better to take the method of brushing teeth to clean oral hygiene after every eating. The brushing time should not be less than 3 minutes, and should be all-encompassing (inside, outside and occlusal surfaces of the teeth), and each brushed part should be repeated at least 2-3 times. 4, wear into the orthodontic appliances after teeth will be orthodontic force of the role of the teeth after the first 1 day of wear will have acid discomfort, slight pain after biting, this reaction will be slowly reduced in 2-3 until disappear, we do not have to worry, if the pain is intolerable and I contacted in time to the hospital to deal with. Tongue and buccal mucosa will be because of the orthodontic friction and discomfort, and even produce ulcers, this situation generally need about a week to adapt. 5, wear into the orthodontic appliances, young people in sports activities should have a sense of protection, to avoid being sports equipment, companions rushed to their own face. This is because the mouth and lips are very fragile tissues, in the inside of the orthodontic appliances and outside of the hard objects clamping will be very easy to tear or crack, inside of the orthodontic appliances and teeth will also be damaged due to impact, fall off, very dangerous!