With braces, good oral hygiene is even more important. Plaque quickly builds up around brackets, bands and wires.
Basic Dental Home Care
To prevent gum disease and cavities, you need to clean both your teeth and braces properly. Cleaning with a regular toothbrush is not enough – you often need an extra cleaning device. Your dentist/orthodontic assistant can guide you to suitable products for orthodontic care and show you how to use them. If you have removable braces, make sure to brush them too, using a toothbrush and water.
To prevent gum disease and cavities, you need to clean both your teeth and braces properly. Cleaning with a regular toothbrush is not enough – you often need an extra cleaning device. Your dentist/orthodontic assistant can guide you to suitable products for orthodontic care and show you how to use them. If you have removable braces, make sure to brush them too, using a toothbrush and water.
Products suitable for orthodontic care
Daily cleaning with a regular toothbrush is the basis for good oral health. TePe Supreme is a toothbrush with filaments in two levels for improved access around brackets and under wires.
Details: TePe Supreme has a tapered brush head so you can easily reach the back teeth without a struggle. To get into the farthest corners, the toothbrush neck can be angled - no heat necessary!
The Orthodontic Brush has a slim brush head, designed for efficient cleaning close to brackets and under orthodontic wires.
Details: The TePe Implant Orthodontic brush was specially designed to help you keep your teeth fresh and clean, even if you have implants and orthodontic wires. The extra narrow brush head and long, thin neck fit right along implants and fixed braces.
Compact Tuft is an angled brush with a rounded tuft, which is especially suitable for cleaning around brackets and along the gum line.
Details: TePe Compact Tuft™ is an angled brush with a small, dome-shaped tuft with tightly packed short filaments that give a firm feel. The stable handle and dense, firm tuft make this brush ideal for precise cleaning of hard-to-reach areas. The brush is suitable for cleaning implants, attachments for overdentures, fixed braces or along the gum line. It is also ideal for brushing children's erupting molars.
Interspace is an angled brush with a tapered brush tip, ideal for cleaning critical areas close to brackets and under wires. Two different angles can be chosen for optimal access.
Details: TePe Interspace™ is a single tuft brush for cleaning areas such as the back of the last tooth, furcation, implants or around fixed braces. The removable brush tips can be attached on either side of the handle to change the angle of the brush head, which gives optimal access to hard-to-reach areas. Yellow tips have soft filaments. Blue tips have medium filaments "
A brush with a contra angled neck which makes it easy to reach braces/retainers/lingual bar on the inside.
Details: TePe Interspace™ is a single tuft brush for cleaning areas such as the back of the last tooth, furcation, implants or around fixed braces. The removable brush tips can be attached on either side of the handle to change the angle of the brush head, which gives optimal access to hard-to-reach areas. Yellow tips have soft filaments. Blue tips have medium filaments "
Interdental Brushes
TePe's interdental brushes are available in several sizes, with a straight or angled brush head and in two textures, soft and extra soft. The extra soft brushes have longer filaments, which can be suitable for orthodontic patients.
