What is your daily routine?

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#1 Post by **Smiley77** » Sun Jul 30, 2006 6:08 am

Reading about all the oral hygiene stuff you guys do, I have images of me brushing and flossing, waterpik-ing and mouthwashing endlessly.

Just what do you do on a daily basis?

What is your morning routine and how long does it take?

What do you do before going to bed at night?

#2 Post by **lionfish** » Sun Jul 30, 2006 4:00 pm

Hi smiley,

After breakfast and lunch: remove food gunk from under braces and between teeth with interdens stick. Brush and rinse until all gunk is gone from mouth.

After dinner: remove all gunk with interdens stick, floss with Oral B Superfloss, brush and rinse.

Morning and lunch time routines take around 5 minutes, dinner routine about 5 minutes longer.

#3 Post by **ingyandbert** » Sun Jul 30, 2006 5:19 pm

Morning and evening, brush and use proxy brush around brackets. Once per day (either morning or evening), floss. Lunch, rinse with water and use proxy brush around brackets. I use a waterpik on an as-need basis to loosen food after meals before I brush. I use warm salt water rinses as necessary to prevent mouth sores, but I find I rarely need it. I occasionally sleep in wax to give my mouth time to heal from rubbing. I found that some sleeping positions were causing my soft tissues to stick to my braces, and the wax really helps prevent any problems from that.

#4 Post by **Lisa65** » Mon Jul 31, 2006 2:25 am

Morning - brush with soft toothbrush and toothpaste

After eating - visual check and blast with waterpik if needed

Before bed - waterpik, floss, interdental, brush with sonicare toothbrush, fluoride rinse.

Even my night time routine only takes about 10 mins and the rest of the time just a minute or two.

I can't recommend the Waterpik highly enough. It's revolutionised my after-meal cleaning-out-of-gunk routine. Instead of spending ages picking the bits out with a dental pick I just blast round with the waterpik and it's all gone!

#5 Post by **36nBraced** » Mon Jul 31, 2006 8:59 am

ive been braced on my top teeth since 6/13 get bottoms on 8/10 which is also my first adjustment for my top.

my routine:

morning - pre brush rinse, brush, mouthwash

after meals - swish water around mouth to clear out debris that may be caught in braces, use travel spiral dental brush to clear out anything that the swishing didn't get, brush only if mouth feels incredibly gross

night - floss, pre brush rinse, brush, anticavity rinse.