Whether you’re doing some research before a procedure or you’ve just gotten some dental work done, you’re probably wondering how exactly you’re supposed to “protect your investment” and keep your “new” teeth healthy and white for years to come.

While it can be a bit of an adjustment from brushing your regular teeth (especially if you’re also working on improving your oral hygiene habits), properly taking care of a new dental bridge, crown, or veneer can quickly become just another good habit.

So, let’s begin:

Taking Care of a Dental Crown

We’ll start with dental crowns. When you go home after receiving a crown on one of your teeth (whether to repair a decayed tooth or serve as support for a dental bridge), you’ll be happy to know that actually caring for your crown is quite simple. In fact, you can treat your crown as if it was your natural tooth. However, if “treating a crown like a natural tooth” means rarely brushing, eating too much sugar, and not flossing – then you’ll also need to change your habits a bit as well! So, all you really need to do to take care of a dental crown is brush and floss regularly. While a crown will function almost exactly like your natural tooth, you should be careful to avoid sticky foods like hard candy and or caramel – these foods can potentially dislodge your new dental crown.

Taking Care of a Dental Bridge

Unlike care for a dental crown, dental bridge care is just a little more involved. However, once good habits are developed you’ll find the minimal extra care required for a dental bridge doesn’t add much time to your morning or evening routine at all.  Since your false tooth (the pontic) is anchored to your bridge using two, healthy adjacent teeth (capped with crowns), you still need to floss under the tooth. This can be done easily with a bridge threader, which will help you easily remove plaque from the pontic and surrounding area.

Taking Care of a Veneer

Similar to a dental crown, caring for a veneer is also dead simple: just brush or floss just like it was one of your natural teeth. But again, if the reason you’re getting a veneer is to conceal the signs of poor

Have questions about your new dental prosthetic? Whether you have a new dental bridge, a crown, or a veneer. If you’re a patient in the Garden Grove Area – we have the answers! If not, feel free to browse our blog to learn more about getting a brighter smile.