What leads to the need to use mouthwash with fluoride when you have braces?

Strengthens enamel: Fluoride helps strengthen the enamel on your teeth thereby making it less cavity prone.

Toothpaste and: Mouthwash that contain Fluoride are important hygiene steps to prevent enamel decalcification and dental decay during orthodontics. Braces help collect food and plaque for all orthodontic patients and effective oral hygiene with Fluoride products are your best defense.

Strengthens enamel: Braces make it much easier for food and bacteria to stick to your teeth and therefore easier to get cavities. Fluoride makes the enamel of your teeth more resistant to acid. Fluoride can also reverse cavities that are starting to form on a microscopic level. Fluoride also interferes with the bacteria in your mouth so that they produce less acid and are less able to stick to stick to your teeth.

To prevent cavities: Braces can increase your risk of cavities because food and bacteria can adhere to the many surfaces. Keeping teeth clean with braces on is more difficult. Fluoride use can help reduce the adherence of bacteria to the teeth and also strengthen your enamel helping reduce your cavity risk.

Prevents decay: Fluoride prevents decalcifications and decay. This is very important during braces because your teeth are much more difficult to clean so they are much more susceptible to decay. Do everything you can to keep your teeth healthy so they looks great when you are done.