How Prevent Bacteria from Living On Your Dental Appliances

Hi, I'm Dr. Sanda, biological dentist at Beverly Hills Dental Health and Wellness. Do you have a night guard? Do you have a snore guard? Do you have a sports guard? How do you keep bacteria off of these dental appliances so that they don't smell bad? How do you get rid or how to keep bacteria off your dental appliances? A lot of you might have night guards like me, or you might have a snore guard. Those dental appliances actually advances your jaw forward at night so you can breathe. For those of you who have a snoring problem or sleep apnea, those appliances living in your mouth for throughout the night for a few hours, actually can gather a lot of microorganisms. And out of the 500, 600 microorganisms we have in our mouth, for sure they will stick to your dental appliance. Also, our saliva will release so certain calcium and magnesium particles that also will harden on your dental appliance. That's why when you look at it, sometimes you see the deposit on your appliance. So what I recommend is that you keep your appliances clean. When you wake up in the morning, don't just take it out and let it dry off. Rinse it off right away in the sink and then drop it in an ultrasonic cleaner. And I like to use this cleaner than crystals because it's specially designed for your appliances. You actually put one pump of that in here with some warm water and turn this on, it'll actually get rid of all those particles. Then let's say 20 minutes later, you actually take it off, rinse it, dry it off, and just put it on the side in your case for that to dry off. And that's a way to keep your dental appliances clean. If you have any questions, I can't wait to hear from you. See you soon.