FIXED ORTHODONTIC TREATMENTS (WIRE THERAPY)

If you do not pay attention to nutrition during orthodontic treatment, the brackets will throw away the adhesives and the tooth will return to its former state. This prolongs the treatment period and the resulting wires sink into the patient’s cheeks. Therefore, it should be fed as follows:
Instead of hard fruits such as apples, pears, quinces and plums, prefer soft fruits such as strawberries, watermelons and grapes. If hard fruits are to be eaten, they should be cut with a knife and made into a bite and consumed without being bitten with the front teeth.
Hard vegetables such as carrots should not be consumed or consumed after cooking.
Instead of whole foods such as bread crumbs, hamburgers, wraps, they should be consumed in the form of service. Or it should be consumed after being cut into small pieces with a knife.
Instead of consuming hard or hard parts of foods such as bread and bagels, it is necessary to consume soft ones or soft parts.
Choose soft and boneless meats instead of bony or hard-to-chew meats.
Do not consume sticky foods such as jelly beans, paste, chewing gum.
Seed fruits and soft nuts should be consumed after removing the core.
Prefer fruit juice, soda and ayran instead of acidic drinks such as cola and soda.
Soft nuts such as apricots, raisins and figs should be preferred. Other hard and shelled nuts should not be consumed.
Foods containing hard pieces and crumbs such as popcorn and chips should not be consumed.
Apart from this, any food that can break the uncountable brackets should not be consumed. In addition, dental calculus formed between the braces and braces due to lack of brushing can make tooth movement difficult and prolong the treatment period.
As described below, brushing with braces and braces is more challenging than normal tooth brushing. However, you should brush your teeth regularly throughout your treatment so that your teeth are not permanently damaged and your orthodontic treatment is not prolonged.
Toothbrushes:
Regular toothbrush:
The toothbrush used should be soft enough to bend and bend under the brackets, but at the same time hard enough to remove bacterial plaque from the surfaces of the teeth. A soft or multi-bristled medium hard brush is ideal for this. At the same time, it is recommended that the brush head is small and that there are no plastic protrusions on the sides that cause the accumulation of bacterial plaque. The brush must be changed at least once every 6 months.
Interface brush:
A 0.6mm or 0.7mm interface brush is sufficient for cleaning between both brackets and between the wire and the bracket. The interface brush should be changed once a month.
Orthodontic tooth brushing technique:
First of all, it is started from the most posterior anterior surface of the right or left teeth. By making 6 rounds in each tooth, the front surfaces of the teeth are cleaned by coming from the rearmost tooth to the most anterior tooth. The right and left sides are combined in the front.
In order to clean the gingival parts of the teeth, the brush is inserted between the gingiva and the bracket, and both the right and left front surfaces are cleaned by coming forward from the rearmost tooth.
The inner parts of the teeth are cleaned with the same technique, that is, with 6 rounds of rounding motion in each tooth.
Finally, the upper parts of the teeth are cleaned by performing 6 rounds of circular motion.
The interface brush, on the other hand, is touched to the sides, top and bottom parts of the brackets and the surrounding of the brackets is cleaned.