Orthodontic Education Clinic

Following your orthodontic assessment you may be offered orthodontic treatment (braces) here in our department. If so, you will need to attend our nurse led Orthodontic Education Clinic.   

The aim of this clinic is to:

• Instruct you how to clean your teeth effectively
• Demonstrate how to care for your brace
• Discuss the risks associated with treatment and how these risks can be reduced (click here for more details)
• Show you the sort of braces you might have
• Ensure you are motivated for a long and complex course of treatment

At your first visit we will complete an oral health assessment and score the plaque on your teeth (with the aid of a disclosing solution).

You may require one or two further appointments at this clinic in order to ensure your oral health is at the required standard for orthodontic appliances. If, at your third appointment, you fail to meet the required tooth brushing standard, you will not be offered treatment in the department as we feel that the risk to your teeth (due to poor cleaning) is too great.

As treatment often takes 2.5 years or more to complete we need to ensure that you have a consistently good standard of oral hygiene to help you avoid you developing tooth decay, gum disease or unsightly permanent  white and brown marks on your teeth.

The team will instruct you on the most effective way to look after your oral health and give you advice on dental care products. 

Click here to find out how to clean your teeth and fixed appliance

At the request of the orthodontic consultant, there may be occasions that the dental nurses / educators on this education clinic will take records (impressions, photographs) for further planning.

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