u/Khemistrees

I know this may come off as a silly question but what’s your take on drinking electrolytes with trays in?

Mine says ‘sugar free’ but we all know that’s a ruse and i have to sip on electrolytes throughout the day to help with dehydration.

I wonder if anyone else has taken this question to their ortho/dentist. Do I treat electrolytes as soda since it also has sugar? Can I still stick to brushing only as often as I eat? I can only brush so often when I’m at work and am just drinking electrolytes 🤦🏽‍♀️

What would you do if you were in this situation?

So basically, I began Invisalign last month (April 9) and I have one of those dentists/orthos that say you have to eat with the trays in and basically do everything with them in so that the total wear time per day is 23-24 hours.

Now, I had my routine 6-months cleaning on May 1st (barely a month since starting Invisalign) and the calculus under my gums were so bad. They were worse than the first time I ever did a cleaning, so bad that I had to do the cleaning in 3 separate sessions. This has not only cost me so much pain and discomfort but I have used up my entire insurance coverage for a the whole year which really makes me mad!

For a little context, I decided to do the Invisalign with a different dental clinic due to price difference and reputation, so where I do my cleaning (my regular dentist) is different from where I do my Invisalign treatment.

My cleaning clinic has decided to call the Invisalign clinic to address concerns because this cannot be happening, especially for someone as young as me who typically has great gum health. The decision will either be to revisit eating with the trays in or pausing the treatment.

I’m just curious if anyone else who eats and drinks with their trays in has had such an experience.

Edit: Thank you so much for all your recommendations and for suggesting how to make my oral hygiene better but I'm also on top of that. I'm lowkey obsessed with a healthy mouth so after every meal, take out my trays, brush my teeth, floss with a water flosser and use a tongue scraper. I then go in with a mouth wash and while that's in, I brush my trays too. I also use a sonic cleaner and denture tablets very often on my trays too.