Posted: Thu Mar 02, 2006 2:34 am
Kudos Kiwi, u give hope to the rest of us who struggle with dental hygene 
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Posted: Thu Mar 02, 2006 5:28 am
Woohoo, that is excellent!
Posted: Thu Mar 02, 2006 5:55 am
That's great, Kiwi! Congrats!
Posted: Thu Mar 02, 2006 7:58 am
Yay karen! That's awesome! Isn't it the best feeling when you go for a cleaning and the hygenist tells you you're doing everything right? 
Posted: Thu Mar 02, 2006 9:06 am
Goodness, with all that swelling, your head must be HUGH by now! 
You also might want to think about a flouride rinse. I use <b>Colgate Phos-Flur</b> rinse every night after brushing. It's also supposed to help prevent white spots from developing on your teeth with braces.
Congrats on the good remarks from your hygienist!
You also might want to think about a flouride rinse. I use <b>Colgate Phos-Flur</b> rinse every night after brushing. It's also supposed to help prevent white spots from developing on your teeth with braces.
Congrats on the good remarks from your hygienist!
Posted: Thu Mar 02, 2006 10:08 am
That is GREAT news KK. I'm having my check-up and cleaning in a month and I hope to hear news like that too. My head will swell up as well for sure!!
Good job
:D
Good job
:DPosted: Thu Mar 02, 2006 1:41 pm
WooHoo KK! Great job! What a great thing to brighten your day!! 
Thanks for sharing the info on the toothpaste- good to have another opinion.
Thanks for sharing the info on the toothpaste- good to have another opinion.
Posted: Thu Mar 02, 2006 1:47 pm
I've only had my braces (bottoms) on for a week. I'm due for a cleaning in April, and I was wondering..is it necessary to have the wires removed prior to the cleaning? This might save a call to my ortho if you can help. Thanks.
Posted: Thu Mar 02, 2006 2:48 pm
Fabulous news Karen! Nice reward for all your hard work. Only thing that would have made it better would be if the flouride treatment was purple !
I have my first (since braces) cleaning appointment at the end of this month. Its going to take all day by the time I go in to have my wires removed, drive 20 miles to the dentist, then back to the orthodontist to have wires put back on.
All the girls at the dentist office just can't wait to see my braces. And my newborn not fully exposed canine. There just aren't that many people that get excited about this stuff.
I have my first (since braces) cleaning appointment at the end of this month. Its going to take all day by the time I go in to have my wires removed, drive 20 miles to the dentist, then back to the orthodontist to have wires put back on.
All the girls at the dentist office just can't wait to see my braces. And my newborn not fully exposed canine. There just aren't that many people that get excited about this stuff.
Posted: Thu Mar 02, 2006 2:52 pm
I had a cleaning in January and I did not have my wires removed. They were able to clean them with the waterjet just fine (altough I ended up totally wet from the spray hitting my brackets! LOL)Cookeez wrote:I've only had my braces (bottoms) on for a week. I'm due for a cleaning in April, and I was wondering..is it necessary to have the wires removed prior to the cleaning? This might save a call to my ortho if you can help. Thanks.
Congrats
Posted: Thu Mar 02, 2006 4:04 pm
Congrats kk !
Feels terrific when hard work pays off
Enjoy the swelled head syndrome, we here at archwired celebrate with you .
Thanks for the heads up on Colgate with baking soda and peroxide, I love it and am now officially hooked
Take Care ,
Moi
Feels terrific when hard work pays off
Enjoy the swelled head syndrome, we here at archwired celebrate with you .Thanks for the heads up on Colgate with baking soda and peroxide, I love it and am now officially hooked
Take Care ,
Moi
Congrats
Posted: Thu Mar 02, 2006 4:04 pm
Congrats kk !
Feels terrific when hard work pays off Enjoy the swelled head syndrome, we here at archwired celebrate with you .
Thanks for the heads up on Colgate with baking soda and peroxide, I love it and am now officially hooked
Take Care ,
Moi
Feels terrific when hard work pays off
Enjoy the swelled head syndrome, we here at archwired celebrate with you .Thanks for the heads up on Colgate with baking soda and peroxide, I love it and am now officially hooked
Take Care ,
Moi
Posted: Thu Mar 02, 2006 7:03 pm
Yay, Karen!!!!! What a great payoff for all that cleaning you've done these past several months You've inspired me to continue as well!
You've inspired me to continue as well!Posted: Thu Mar 02, 2006 7:20 pm
KK: Great Job! The great thing too is I know for you and probably me these great habits will carry through with us even after we get our braces off.
I have an interesting question. Are the hygienists in a different office than your dentist? My dentist is my hygienist and I hate it! I don't think he does a great job of cleaning my teeth and I would rather have a woman do it. Sorry all you men out there. It is just a personal preference thing. I am thinking about leaving my dentists after all these years because he is not supporting me well with my endeavor to have braces. He is just sooooo conservative. He is the family dentist and he told my Mom that the braces will not fix my grinding problem. I'm like "well yeah, if you "say" it won't it won't. Sometimes there is some amount of mind over matter type things that go on with healing. It is not all just mechanical. Anyway I am rambling. I was just wondering if that was the norm in Australia and elsewhere. Maybe I should post a separate discussion?
I have an interesting question. Are the hygienists in a different office than your dentist? My dentist is my hygienist and I hate it! I don't think he does a great job of cleaning my teeth and I would rather have a woman do it. Sorry all you men out there. It is just a personal preference thing. I am thinking about leaving my dentists after all these years because he is not supporting me well with my endeavor to have braces. He is just sooooo conservative. He is the family dentist and he told my Mom that the braces will not fix my grinding problem. I'm like "well yeah, if you "say" it won't it won't. Sometimes there is some amount of mind over matter type things that go on with healing. It is not all just mechanical. Anyway I am rambling. I was just wondering if that was the norm in Australia and elsewhere. Maybe I should post a separate discussion?
Posted: Thu Mar 02, 2006 7:26 pm
Hi jcdamon3, I'm in Oz too and my dentist is also my hygienist. I'm not due for a check/clean until August, so am not sure what the drill will be (no pun intended).