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Looking for Inspiration for Creative Progress Selfies with Fixed Braces?
How to Track Fixed Brace Progress (Without Boring Your Friends)
Healthy Smile Pharmacy brings you:
You’re in this for the long haul! Moving teeth takes time. Finding ways to stay motivated can help you dodge the teeth straightening downer.
Everyone wants to see the receipts, right?
When you're having brace treatment,
Tracking your progress can help, and in more ways than you think. It’s not vanity – it's all-round oral health (with mental health thrown in, too)!
All the best stories come with pictures. Sharing your journey with family and friends can help inspire them to make the decision to have teeth straightening treatment. Having seen the magnificent progress you’ve made so far, Cousin Adam might just conquer his nerves and take the plunge. If it’s worked for you, it might work for him too! Suddenly, you’re a brace go-to guru! Get you!
Six Ways to Switch Up Your Brace Progress Journey Capture
Open wide, here come the selfies!
Pin Your Side by Sides
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There’s a big difference between Day 1 and Month 4 – it has its own dedicated hashtag #4monthbracesprogress. Switch up your phone’s screen saver on a weekly basis and have Day 1 and the week you’re on side by side. It helps to show progress that is otherwise invisible day to day. Well done, teeth! They’ve travelled so far, you feel like you ought to have fixed them a snack for the journey (fixed brace friendly snacks, only, of course)!
And pat yourself on the back, too, teeth straightening isn’t always a picnic – well done!
Mood Milestones
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We know some days fixed braces can feel more like ‘misery loves company’ than ‘buttercups and roses’ but for a truthful and textured story, capture all the moods. It’s fine to feel fed-up, tearful, or over the moon and everything in between. In the long run, teeth straightening will help your mood and wellbeing.
Looking back, your progress points will tell you more about real life and all its variety of experiences than you thought possible. All life is here! And you’re crushing it!
Document little war wounds
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You’ve heard the phrase, something to tell the grandkids, right? You’ll probably know by now that braces come with the occasional battle scar – swollen gums, mouth ulcers, that time the arch wire was scratching at your cheek ...
Think of all this as opportunities to tell your story of triumph over adversity later. Those stories are always better told if you can also provide a slide show of your trials along the way! Extra sympathy points for you.
But, if your soft tissues are feeling the ouch, don’t forget that Gengigel will help sort that out with its hyaluronic acid, the mouth’s natural healing agent.
Plus, arm yourself with Brace Wax for the times it feels as though you have a mouth full of staples – it'll take the edges off!
Just for Fun - Get the ‘Ding!’
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This one’s a great little moment in the journey – with impressive visuals to match. Ever used disclosing tablets? These little helpers make plaque a bright colour so it can’t hide.
- Chew a disclosing tablet
- Take a selfie
- Brush your teeth
- Take the ‘after’ shot.
Did you get the ‘ding’? Effective brushing means all that coloured-up plaque will be gone. Our Orthodontic Access Brush will help make you a dab hand at plaque busting.
Everyone say, fixed braces!
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Get snappy with your orthodontic team (in a nice way, of course!). Ask for a pic at adjustment time. Don’t forget, we’re all in this together:
- You do the heavy lifting. Go you!
- Your orthodontic team adjust you. You’re right on track!
- Healthy Smile Pharmacy’s Fixed Brace Daily Care Kit helps you clean your pearly whites. It's orthodontic medical-grade only for your lovely gnashers!
Make it punchy!
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Motivational punch cards took TikTok by storm. And they are therapist approved for motivation! They’re a self-made ticket to success. Motivational Punch Cards help keep your motivation high. A motivational punch card might help you brush up on your brushing in the week up to taking your monthly brace progress pic, particularly that bedtime brush when all you want to do is hit the hay.
You can, of course, make your own, but here’s one we made earlier ... Once you’ve punched it good and proper, you can take a double bonus shot of brace progress and the smug look on your face from having completed the card! Don’t forget to tag us!
We always love to hear a Fixed Brace Daily Care Kit story so get in touch!
In the meantime, between snapping, keep brushing!
