Hello all,

Well, I have gone through half a dozen containers of wax in a month because of a pokey wire in the back, and I have no way of getting to my ortho to get more.

So, I went to Walmart as I had seen mint flavored wax there before. I found the mint flavored wax packages, but there was also something new. It's called Wax Dots for Braces. They are made by a company called Dentek. Basically, it's little blobs of wax in a sudafed type pop out package. I hope that makes sense. They come in clear, which is mint flavored, and also multicolored, which has three different fruit flavors.

They come 40 in a pack, and there's also a nifty little mirror on the back of each package to ensure wax palcement. The website is www.waxdots.com if anyone is interested in reading about them. I thought it was neat, and hopefully more stores will carry them.

Jean

P.S. Though the website shows them as being 2.99 each, I got them for 1.97 at Walmart. Might be worth keeping an eye out when you are shopping.

Thanks for the link jma!

I want the grape flavoured ones ... I'd wear them, even though I rarely need wax!

Haha, KK, I was wondering if you would comment about the grape ones. Now we just need to convince the company to make single flavored packets as well as the mixed one

Jean

Now wouldn't that be the best!

Plus get them to sell them internationally in supermarkets!

Well I was at Walmart yesterday and picked up some of the flavoured ones. They were only a $1.97 each package. Let me tell you they are not easy to get out. They are in a "push thru the foil type" of packaging. They seem to get stuck coming out. You then end up peeling foil off of each piece. It is very soft and sticky also, which is why I had so much trouble getting them out. I currently have the cherry flavour on in two places. Not that much taste to them at least that I notice. Would I buy them again, probably not. But since I dont have ligatures I thought it would be a fun way to add colour.


Rainy

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Haha, I just bought some of these at walmart, too! I haven't even used wax in months, but I couldn't resist! Oh the gimmicks they come up with...

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All Metal Uppers and Lowers - brackets placed with OrthoCAD

Braces on 2/1/2007, Removed 2/13/2008, now in Essix retainers.

I bought some of these at my local CVS, and I love them. They're just the right amount of wax for a pokey wire, and the little mirror comes in handy. Also, the little strips of dots can be separated, so you can carry just a few around or the whole pack.

I haven't really noticed the flavor that much. I can smell it when I pop the dot out, but that's it.

I had some trouble with the packaging as well. I found that if they'd been somewhere warm (like my pocket or car), they were much harder to get out than if they'd been kept cool. Overall, it's not so hard to get them out that it's not worth it to have them. You just really have to push on them to get them out sometimes.

Has anyone found the wax dots in Canada? I went to Walmart and London Drugs and couldn't find them there

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Sept. 28 ~ Consult with Orthodontist
Dec. 5 ~ Spacers In
Dec. 12 ~ Braces On!!!

HI to all and fair warning: this is the product I used and got a bad reaction from (swollen gums and entire lower lip, lasting approx 4 days) from the plain white variety (no color, no flavor).
Did like the handy little mirror, however!
The stuff is so soft, it melts away from the pointy places it should cover, and like says above, it's a pain to get out of the pkg.
It might be great for some, but discontinue first thing if you get any discomfort or unusual sensations.
Good Luck!

Good to know!! I finally got around to trying it out this week and wasn't impressed. It kinda smelled like the flavor it was supposed to be, but didn't really have any taste. Like mstikl1 said, it kind of melted and was too soft, it didn't do a very good job as a protectant. Plus, while I'm thrilled to have colored ligs, have a colored glob of something or other on your teeth isn't as nice. I had to explain what the orange glob was on my bottom teeth to my friend, lol.

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All Metal Uppers and Lowers - brackets placed with OrthoCAD

Braces on 2/1/2007, Removed 2/13/2008, now in Essix retainers.

That's one of the things that I liked better about the Ortho-Sil (silicone "wax") - far less visible even than the clear wax.

I've switched over to using OrthoSil only. I started out using the wax dots, but they're not as good about sticking and so you go through them really fast. With the wax dots, I had to put new dots in after any meal and sometimes after a beverage. OrthoSil, OTOH, stays in pretty much until I decide to remove it.

Btw, this discussion does raise one point: in my personal experience, not all dental waxes are created equal. I noticed when using them myself that some brands tended to be more "flaky" and others (as with some people's experiences with the Wax Dots) would tend to be too soft.

Hey - I just thought of something!
Maybe those of us who find the dot was is too soft, melting away from pokey pointy parts - WE GOT HOT LIPS!!! he he
but seriously, folks, what out for allergic reactions!
Is orthosil available @ dentakit? Sounds like a good thing for hard to reach places like back molars...