I’m sharing a simple set of resources I use during recare: a one-page brushing-and-flossing script, a 2-minute disclosing tablet demo, and a take-home sheet in English/Spanish that covers 0.05% NaF rinse and interdental brush sizing. If anyone wants the editable files or has better visuals for explaining biofilm to teens, I’d love to swap.
For teen “biofilm” visuals, I run a 20‑sec MouthHealthy plaque clip on an iPad and then do your 2‑minute “disclosing tablet” selfie — before/after pics make the point fast; quick explainer: https://www.mouthhealthy.org/all-topics-a-z/plaque-and-tartar… I mostly keep 0.05% daily, but I’ll swap a few ortho kids to 0.2% weekly NaF if compliance stalls. Happy to trade my bilingual handout if you want, @OP.
I ditched tablets for liquid disclosing on a microbrush because , the lip stains; the 2‑minute demo still hits and cleanup is faster. On the take‑home, I add a bold line under the 0.05% NaF section — ‘spit, don’t rinse for 30 min’ — and I write the exact interdental brush color/size they used chairside. Tablets are cheaper, but the swab cut complaints about purple lips; want the editable blurb?