{"id":1040,"date":"2018-11-05T15:19:29","date_gmt":"2018-11-05T20:19:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mikemalonedds.com\/blog\/?p=1040"},"modified":"2018-12-05T15:46:25","modified_gmt":"2018-12-05T20:46:25","slug":"invisalign-bad-breath","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.camelliadds.com\/blog\/invisalign-bad-breath\/","title":{"rendered":"Invisalign and Bad Breath"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I need some help for my mom. She has always had teeth which embarrassed her. She was so excited to get Invisalign. She is very diligent to keep them in and I know she&#8217;s going to have a beautiful smile when it&#8217;s done. The only thing is, her breath smells really bad now. I don&#8217;t want to tell her and make her feel weird about something she&#8217;s wanted for so many years. But, I also don&#8217;t want her going around with bad breath. Is there a gentle way to help her or is this just part of Invisalign?<\/p>\n<p>Carrie<\/p>\n<p>Dear Carrie,<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.camelliadds.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/invisalign-insert.jpg\" alt=\"Image top: A woman putting on her Invisalign aligners. Image bottom: a woman smiling with Invisalign on her teeth\" width=\"239\" height=\"268\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-895\" \/><\/p>\n<p>You are such a sweet daughter. You made me as happy for your mother as you are. You&#8217;re right, she&#8217;ll love her smile at the end. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.camelliadds.com\/invisalign.html\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Invisalign<\/a> doesn&#8217;t automatically mean bad breath. However, there are a few common things which we see in patients that can lead to it. <\/p>\n<h2>Keeping Your Breath Fresh with Invisalign<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Don&#8217;t eat or drink with them in<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Patients are allowed two hours a day when they can take the aligners out. That&#8217;s intended to give them plenty of time to eat their meals without the aligners in. It&#8217;s possible your mom is so excited about the procedure she&#8217;s not taking a break. If you see her eating with them in, remind her she&#8217;s supposed to remove them.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Brush and floss your teeth after each meal<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Food always gets stuck between our teeth when we eat. Unless you remove that, it will make your aligners pretty pungent. It will also lead to decay pretty quickly. I know you don&#8217;t want to talk to her about her breath, but if there&#8217;s a way you could gently tell her. Or, if you&#8217;re uncomfortable with that, you could just say you&#8217;re on your way to brush your teeth after meals together as a reminder to her that she&#8217;s supposed to be. <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Hydrate regularly with water<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Not drinking enough water can cause not just dehydration, but some pungent breath as well. The added benefit is she can drink that while her aligners are in. It&#8217;s the one thing she can drink while she&#8217;s wearing them.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Use the cleaning kit that comes with the aligners<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Cleaning your teeth isn&#8217;t enough. Occasionally, your aligners need a good clean as well.  If she can&#8217;t find her kit. She can give them a quick clean with a soft-bristled toothbrush and a baking soda and water mixture.<\/p>\n<p>I hope this helps.<br \/>\nThis blog is brought to you by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.camelliadds.com\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Lafayette, LA Dentist<\/a> Dr. Mike Malone.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I need some help for my mom. She has always had teeth which embarrassed her. She was so excited to get Invisalign. She is very diligent to keep them in and I know she&#8217;s going to have a beautiful smile when it&#8217;s done. The only thing is, her breath smells really bad now. I don&#8217;t &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.camelliadds.com\/blog\/invisalign-bad-breath\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Invisalign and Bad Breath<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[647,646,368,277],"class_list":["post-1040","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-invisalign","tag-cleaning-invisaliagn-on-aligners","tag-keeping-fresh-breath-with-invisalign","tag-lafayette-dentist","tag-lafayette-invisalign"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Invisalign and Bad Breath - Camellia DDS Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Her mother is using Invisalign and excited about it, but her daughter is worried it&#039;s causing bad breath. 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