Can dental scaling scrape glue of brackets

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Fiatbraces
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Can dental scaling scrape glue of brackets

#1 Post by Fiatbraces »

Hi, I’m just curious can having an hygienist scale your teeth while you still have braces scrape the glue off around the brace? Thanks

pcspinheiro
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Re: Can dental scaling scrape glue of brackets

#2 Post by pcspinheiro »

If done properly, no. I had my teeth cleaned several times while in my previous round of braces and never lost a bracket

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