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Hey there!

As my name tells i am absolutly newbee to braces.

After a long way to my decision i will have my B-Day on 19. Noveber.

In the last 2 months i red quite a lot about braces to made my decision. btw. this board is the most usefu source of informations i have found.

But there is still on question i am not sure about. Is there a huge difference of your "flossing needs" with and without braces?

I am asking this because it looks like i am one of the lucky minority without cavity problems. I now 25 years old and have not any cavity - i had brushed my teeth for about 6 years not even daily - just when my gum has become itchy. because of mouth smell and Tartar i started to brush at least once a day some times twice - and since seriously considering about braces start change my habbits to twice a day (i will not get problems). I my whoe life i had flossed my incisors for about 4 times - just to try how it feels like and never used a mouth rinse or something else. i love sweets, drink a ot of coke for quick energie and snack as i like.

And i go once every 1 to 2 years to the dentist for a chaeck an professional cleaning - last time she asked me if i floss regulary - and i sed nope i brush not even twice a day - and she sad i must be one of those lucky without cavity problems. But when i brush my teeth i do i seriously, takes me about 5 minutes without braces... - and thats all untill now what i did for my oral helth.

And for me, except the malocclusion they look pretty healthy



Thanks for sharing your expirience!

iamnewto

Hey KK

Another question ... why does it take you so long to brush you teeth ... especially while they're naked?

I still have all 4 of my whisdonteeth - 2 half impacted and the upper reay far behind and some other shady, hard to reach spots on my lower und upper arch - takes some extra time to prevent Inflammations. And i do it with hardly any pressure but longer and i am accustomed to do meanwhile something else e.g. collect tableware, read something, watch tv, cleaning a bit up my mess and so on.

It's up to you how you care for your teeth, but hopefully your ortho will help you develop a better hygiene routine, so that that bite orthodontics can help you achieve

Because i am "Mr. caution" i started to seriousy considerng about the almost lifetime rejected braces and cahnge my oral hygiene. I should know it best - because my father went throgh the allmost same story as you, he even lost a tooth.

cheers