How To Floss Front Teeth With Permanent Retainer. Although, you still need to brush a permanent retainer, it’s only a fixed wire you have to keep clean instead of an entire removable device. Move the floss between your teeth up and down and pull the floss completely through the gap.
This leaves enough space to clean the teeth with a simple piece of floss. A floss threader is a helpful tool to floss both types of retainers. Flossing with a permanent retainer.
Although permanent retainers can be fixed to both upper and lower teeth, some patients are not able to get permanent retainers on the upper teeth due to the way the bottom teeth rest inside the upper teeth.
You have to also make sure to store your removable retainer in the same place (its case) to avoid losing it. Most often used on lower teeth, also called fixed, lingual wire, or bonded retainers. You have to also make sure to store your removable retainer in the same place (its case) to avoid losing it. To floss under a permanent retainer you can usually use whats called a floss threader (sold at most drug stores).