Eating With Braces
Please do not eat hard foods: nuts, ice, crisp taco shells, whole apples and carrots (cut them into pieces first), hard French bread crust and rolls, spareribs, corn on the cob (cut the corn off the cob before eating), and popcorn! These foods can cause breakage of the brackets and wires. Also beware of nail biting and pen or pencil chewing habits, since these can damage your braces. Do not eat sticky foods: taffy, caramels, bubble gum, or sticky candy of any sort. Use common sense about most foods. Excessive broken appliances due to careless chewing habits may result in additional charges for repair.
Say "Absolutely No" To:
Gum, Sugarless or otherwise.
Sticky Foods:- Caramels
- Sugar Daddies
- Starbursts
- Carameled Apples
- Sugar Babies
- Licorice
- Toffee
- Tootsie Rolls
- Now & Laters
- Nuts
- Popcorn
- Bagels
- Apples
- Corn on the Cob
- Pizza Crusts
- Carrots (uncooked)
- Doritos
- Pretzels
Follow the following Guidelines:
Minimize Sugar Intake.
Eat Much Less:
Eat Much Less:
- Candy
- Ice Cream
- Cake, Cookies
- Pie
- Foods with Sugar
- Sodas
- Drinks with Sugar
