Do bonded retainers create a problem for flossing?

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#1 Post by **diande** » Wed Dec 27, 2006 1:26 pm

I have been wondering about this. Please educate me

#2 Post by **Granola** » Wed Dec 27, 2006 5:54 pm

My understanding is that with a bonded retainer you would have to thread floss behind the wire(s). One of my dental assistants (at my endodontist's) said she got so adept at threading floss under her bonded retainers that she could just pop regular floss right through without any kind of special threader. It should be fairly easy to floss a bonded retainer even with the threading that is required because of its location right in the front of the mouth.

Of course, I don't have one (yet)! I'm only sharing what I've read and been told.

#3 Post by **jcdamon3** » Tue Jan 09, 2007 8:31 pm

I have one. I can floss with floss tape by putting the floss through a small gap in one of the front teeth. If you don't have any tiny gaps you can use oral-b superfloss.

Anyway, it is not a problem unless you make it into one.

#4 Post by **diande** » Tue Jan 09, 2007 8:45 pm

So basically, it will be like continuing to floss as if having braces, correct?

#5 Post by **Caroline** » Wed Jan 10, 2007 2:09 pm

Exactly the same!