Homecare

 

Eating Habits

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 risk breaking 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. A small piece of sugarless gum occasionally is acceptable. Use common sense about most foods.

 

Absolutely No:   Gum: Sugarless or otherwise   Sticky Foods: Caramels Sugar Daddies Starbursts Caramel Apples Sugar Babies Licorice Toffee Tootsie Rolls Now & Laters

Eat with Caution or Cut up:   Hard Foods Nuts Popcorn Bagels Apples Corn on the Cob Pizza Crusts Carrots (uncooked) Doritos Pretzels

Eat much less:   Candy Ice Cream Cake, Cookies Pie Foods with Sugar   Drink much less: Pop/Soda Drinks with Sugar