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 Eating
Habits
Watching your diet while you are in braces can prevent unscheduled trips to our office and ultimately shorten your treatment time. Please avoid hard foods like nuts, popcorn, hard candy (Jolly Ranchers), thick pretzels, ice, hard granola bars, hard bread or pizza crusts. These foods risk breaking brackets and wires. Also, beware of nail biting and pen or pencil chewing habits, since these can also damage your braces. Sticky foods, such as taffy, caramels, bubble gum, and starbursts should also be avoided.
Some foods should be cut into bite size pieces in order to eat them. Examples include corn on the cob (cut off the cob), raw vegetables such as carrots and celery, or fresh fruits like apples and pears.
In the interest of your overall dental health we recommend that you limit your sugar intake.
Chewing a stick of sugarless gum, especially for a few minutes right after an adjustment appointment, can stimulate the blood flow and ease the discomfort sometimes associated with tooth movement.
Absolutely No
 Sticky
Foods:
Caramels
Bubble Gum
Starbursts
Candy/Caramel Apples
Tootsie Rolls
Sugar Daddies
Taffy
Etc |
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 Hard
Foods:
Jolly Ranchers
Jaw Breakers
Nuts
Popcorn
Hard Pretzels
Bagels
Ice
Etc |
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To Minimize Sugar Intake
 Eat
Less:
Candy
Ice Cream
Cake
Cookies
Pie |
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 Drink
Less:
Soft Drinks
Other Drinks with sugar |
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Check your braces occasionally to be sure there are no loose brackets or broken wires. If you discover a broken wire or loose bracket, please call our office so we can schedule the appropriate appointment to repair your braces.
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