Helpful Videos

Brushing and Flossing

<p>This instructional video provides comprehensive guidance for patients who just received braces on how to maintain proper oral hygiene during orthodontic treatment. The tutorial demonstrates specific brushing techniques, including making large scrubbing circles around the braces, angling bristles to get under the wire, and massaging gum tissue. It emphasizes the importance of daily flossing by threading floss under the wire and between each tooth, and introduces helpful tools like braces-friendly floss picks and proxy brushes for cleaning around brackets and wires. The video also shows the consequences of poor oral hygiene with braces, including permanent white scarring on teeth and red, puffy, irritated gums, reinforcing why proper daily care is essential throughout orthodontic treatment.</p>

Expander

<p>This instructional video demonstrates the proper technique for operating a medical expander device. The content explains that patients should follow their doctor's specific instructions for frequency of turns, emphasizing the importance of daily compliance. The step-by-step process involves using a key to insert into the device's hole, pushing back until the next hole becomes visible, then wiggling the key out to complete one turning cycle.</p>

Foods to Avoid

<p>This instructional content provides guidance for patients who have just gotten braces, specifically focusing on dietary restrictions to prevent damage to orthodontic brackets. The speaker explains that patients should avoid foods that are hard, crunchy, or sticky, as these can cause brackets to break off. The content appears to be part of post-treatment care instructions for new braces patients.</p>

Retainer

<p>This instructional content provides essential guidance for dental retainer users, covering the recommended wear time of eight to ten hours nightly and proper insertion technique starting with front teeth alignment and working backward. It also includes important removal instructions, emphasizing the correct method of removing one side at a time to prevent damage or discomfort.</p>

Rinse Paste

<p>Doctor Jeff provides specific dental care recommendations for patients undergoing treatment, including the use of a nightly fluoride rinse to maintain tooth health and Plaque HD disclosing toothpaste that reveals missed areas by showing them in dark blue, helping patients improve their oral hygiene routine.</p>

School Kit

<p>Dr. Jeff provides instructions for maintaining dental hygiene at school during lunch breaks. He demonstrates how to use a portable dental care kit that includes a travel toothbrush, floss pick, proxy brush, and orthodontic wax. The video shows proper techniques for applying orthodontic wax to areas that may be causing discomfort, including how to roll it into a ball and press it onto problem areas.</p>