Flossing was never your favourite, and now you are told a bridge makes it trickier. Let’s talk about what daily care looks like in practice.
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Most information about bridges stops at the moment one is fitted. Yet you will be cleaning around it every day afterward. If you have stiff hands, a busy routine or little patience for floss, that is a perfectly fair thing to consider up front.
Good bridge design already takes this into account, since the underside and margins should allow a realistic way to clean. Seven Oaks residents can talk it through at our McPhillips Street clinic in Winnipeg, where treatment and home-care guidance both take place.
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Access for daily plaque removal is planned from the start, rather than treated as an afterthought.
If one approach does not work for your hands or habits, another may.
Thorough cleaning helps protect gums and can help reduce decay risk around natural anchors.
Connected units leave no way to drop floss straight down between them, so the approach changes. Here is what is commonly suggested.
These guide floss in from the side so it can pass under the replacement tooth and along the supports.
If threading proves fiddly, there are other ways to clean beneath the bridge and around its margins.
Your bridge’s shape determines which of these will work. We’ll show you what fits your mouth, and you can ask again whenever your hands or routine change.
A bridge is made over several appointments. Here is that process, with a look at how daily care fits into it.
Request your visitYour gums, supports, bite and current habits are reviewed. Let us know honestly what you can keep up with, since that informs planning.
Records guide fabrication of the custom piece. Anchors are readied if needed, and a temporary may be worn while the final bridge is being made.
At try-in, cleaning access is one of the checks made, alongside appearance, bite, margins and contacts.
After the bridge has been secured, ask us to demonstrate your tools so that you feel prepared to begin at home.
No one is grading you. A truthful description of your routine, along with anything that makes it hard, is far more helpful to us than the answer you think we want to hear.
Your appointment time and fees depend on what your assessment finds, so feel free to ask about those when you call.
A calm space for questions about home care, at our Winnipeg clinic.
If cleaning around your bridge leaves your gums sore or bleeding, you may be tempted to avoid the area. Please get in touch instead, so that we can take a look.
Practising a tool at the appointment can make it far less daunting at home.
Tell us which spots are uncomfortable to clean so that we can examine them.
If something you were shown has become a chore, come back and ask about another option.
Making it stick
Long-term success relies largely on small daily actions. Give the routine a fair try, then tell us at your next examination what is and is not working.
Some people find that keeping their threader or small brush beside the toothbrush makes them far less likely to skip it.
Persistent bleeding, swelling, a bad taste or trapped food may suggest that plaque is building up or that something else has changed.
At regular examinations, areas you cannot see, including supporting margins and gum health, can be checked.
If you are facing an urgent problem, the phone is the right route rather than the form.
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Winnipeg North Dental
Unit-5 2358 Mcphillips Street, Winnipeg, MB R2V 4J6Get directions (opens in a new tab)For people in Seven Oaks, one of the areas across the city’s north, bridge care and tool demonstrations are both provided at Winnipeg North Dental, Unit 5, 2358 McPhillips Street, Winnipeg.
You can ask for a visit by form or phone. The clinic needs to confirm your time before it is booked.
Questions about coverage?
Talk with our team before your visit or learn about CDCP.
Helpful details about dental bridges in Seven Oaks.
Ask our teamThread floss in from the side with a floss threader or the stiff end of super floss, then slide it under the replacement tooth and clean along each support.
It may be one useful part of your routine, but what is sufficient depends on your bridge and gums. Ask us to review your technique at an appointment.
Tell us. Some people find an interdental brush or a water flosser easier to manage, and we can look at what your hands can handle comfortably.
Cleanability is one of the considerations during planning, along with support, span and bite. Mention any concerns before the design is settled.
It can inflame the gums and increase the chance of decay around natural anchors. If you notice bleeding, swelling or a lingering bad taste, let us know.
Tell us on the form that cleaning is your main concern, or raise it by dialling (204) 338-3003. Visits are held at Unit 5, 2358 McPhillips Street, and you will hear from the clinic about the time.
Healthy gums and regular professional care matter for any bridge. These pages offer more detail.
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From Seven Oaks, send us a note about your cleaning worries and a request to be seen at our Winnipeg clinic. Expect a reply about scheduling.
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