Helpful Braces Tips – What Not to Eat
Ideal Orthodontics in Albany, NY, offers helpful tips of what not to eat. There are harmful foods such as gum, taffy, caramels, and hard candy that should be avoided. For more information, call our office today at 518-438-7483.
Our Official NO Eats List
Gum | Taffy | Caramels | Hard Candy
Ice cubes, pencils or pens, whole apples, celery sticks, whole carrots or baby carrots, hard pretzels, hard taco shells, nuts of all kinds, hard bagels.
In addition to all the above comes the group called sweets. Sweets can be eaten but it is very important that you brush or rinse your mouth immediately after eating them. Some sweets will not cause damage to your braces how gummy and chewy candy will but will cause damage to your teeth. If you're not brushing properly one example of damage to teeth would be white spots on your teeth while wearing braces. The worst sweets of them all are the soft drinks (Coke, Sprite, Pepsi, etc.). It does not matter if they are diet or not, it will have the same effect on your teeth. We ask that you please try to stay away from soft drinks during treatment.
Any Issues, Give us a Call
Should you have a brace come loose before an appointment, please call the same day that you find out that it is broken. We only ask to let us know as soon as possible so we can make sure we have time to address it during your regularly scheduled appointment. Please remember to bring any broken appliances to your visit. Some broken brackets can wait while others need to be replaced as soon as possible. Lastly, we would like you to know if you ever bend your wire or knock a brace loose you run the risk of extending treatment time.