Cleaning under expanders/palatal arches
Posted: Thu Oct 26, 2006 3:45 am
Those of you who have a bonded TPA or expander. How do you clean under it?
I've got a Nance which seems to attract bits of just about everything I eat. Because it's quite tight I can't really get the nozzle of my waterpik under it. I can just about wedge it partly under the front edge but I cant get to the back and it gets really nasty up there! I can't really thread floss through either because its right at the top of my mouth and I can't see what I'm doing.
I've also tried an interdental brush which again will go under the front but isn't long enough to reach right through to the back of it, and trying to get it in from the back almost chokes me!
I don't want festering food living up there for the next however many months and am desperately trying to think of a device which will do the job. I found the Lil Palates tool in the shop on this site but I live in the UK, and there doesn't seem to be a UK distributor for them.
Before I order some in desperation and pay for international shipping, I wonder if anyone else has come up with a home grown solution and if they're willing to share it?
Thanks
I've got a Nance which seems to attract bits of just about everything I eat. Because it's quite tight I can't really get the nozzle of my waterpik under it. I can just about wedge it partly under the front edge but I cant get to the back and it gets really nasty up there! I can't really thread floss through either because its right at the top of my mouth and I can't see what I'm doing.
I've also tried an interdental brush which again will go under the front but isn't long enough to reach right through to the back of it, and trying to get it in from the back almost chokes me!
I don't want festering food living up there for the next however many months and am desperately trying to think of a device which will do the job. I found the Lil Palates tool in the shop on this site but I live in the UK, and there doesn't seem to be a UK distributor for them.
Before I order some in desperation and pay for international shipping, I wonder if anyone else has come up with a home grown solution and if they're willing to share it?
Thanks