Your braces in 60 seconds
Nine quick steps from your take-home sheets. Scroll to start.
Go soft for 24–48 hours
After new braces or an adjustment, soups, pasta, yogurt and smoothies are easiest on sore teeth.
Skip hard, sticky and chewy
Popcorn, hard candy, ice, crusty bread, toasted bagels, gum, toffee, gummies and chewy granola bars. Also anything with bones or pits.
Cut it before you bite
Corn off the cob. Raw carrots, celery and apples in small pieces. When in doubt, avoid it.
3 times a day, 3 minutes each
Brush after every meal. If you can't, rinse your mouth with water.
Brush and floss before bed
It's the most important clean of the day. Use the threaders and small brushes we gave you to get under the wire.
Fresh elastics, morning and night
Wear them exactly as your sheet shows. Carry a spare pack. Skipping them makes treatment take longer.
A little sore is normal
It fades as treatment goes on. Tylenol or Advil and cold, soft foods help.
Wax first, then tell us
Press wax over anything poking. Report a loose brace, band or wire to our office at (416) 555-0134. Severe pain after hours: Dr. Rowan, 416-555-0187.
15 minutes every 6–8 weeks
Book your next visit before you leave. Bring your elastics or retainers. Give us 24 hours' notice to change a time.
The whole thing, in six lines
- Soft foods for the first 2 days
- No hard, sticky or chewy foods
- Brush 3× a day, floss before bed
- Fresh elastics morning and night
- Wax for anything poking
- Book your next visit before you leave
Demo by Nima Tahami. Sample content based on a typical braces handout.