BRUSH
Keeping It Clean

The number one reason for keeping your mouth clean is that teeth move faster through a clean healthy mouth. If you want the braces off sooner, keep your mouth clean. It's that simple.

There are some patients, however, who don't care if they wear braces forever or that people run screaming from the room every time they walk in because if their mouth smells like the inside of a garbage can.

We call what these patients do to themselves "garbage mouths." And we treat them as follows:

1. First time offense: note on patient card, patient has to brush their teeth in the office.
2. Second time offense: note on patient card, note home to parents, patient brushes teeth in office.
3. Third time — you're out: Dr. Malerman brushes your teeth with Jungle Juice.