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How To Enjoy Summer With Braces

With summer in full-effect, it is important to ensure you are keeping your smile happy and healthy, all the while protecting your teeth and braces from the all the fun and temptations that the summer season has to offer.

Here are some helpful tips will help to protect your smile and your braces, all the while enjoying your summer:

  • Be sure to wear a mouth guard while playing sports. With summer comes outdoor activities. From soccer, to baseball, to volleyball, to flag football, it is critical that you are protecting your teeth and braces from potentially serious, and costly, mouth injuries with a mouth guard.
  • Stay the course and avoid summer food temptations. With summer comes lots of delicious foods, making patients with braces the need to be weary of what they are putting in their mouths at their backyard BBQ or family picnics. Foods such as corn, apples, hard candies, and ice are all harmful to orthodontic appliances and should be avoided at all costs!
  • Avoid overindulging on the sweets. In the summer, sweet tooth cravings can occur, especially when eyeing all those pies, cookies, and carnival treats. However, it is important to avoid overindulging it on the sweet stuff, which can lead to painful issues, such as tooth decay and cavities.
  • Protect your lips from the sun. Just like our skin, it is important to protect your lips from harmful UV rays. Be sure to apply lip balm that is SPF 15 or higher any time that you are outdoors.
  • Stick to your typical routine. With the lazy days of summer, often comes the time people tend to not stick to their typical routine. However, when it comes to the proper care of your teeth and mouth, it is critical that you stick to your oral hygiene routine, maintaining your usual care and cleaning routine, brushing your teeth 2-3 times a day, as well as flossing daily, or as needed.

Beauty Smile Orthodontics wants you to make sure you enjoy your smile this summer. Contact us if you experience any orthodontic emergencies this summer or wish to get started on your brighter smile for a brighter future.