Foods to Avoid

The Official NO-Eats List

A list of food to be avoided during your orthodontic treatment.

Gum:

Bubble Yum
Bubble Gum
Trident
Freedent
Sugarless Gum

Taffy:

Laffy Taffy
Air Heads
Starburst
JuJu Beads
Gummy Bears
Now and Laters
Jelly Beans
Licorice
Rocks
Jolly Ranchers
Gummy Savers

Carmels:

Kraft Carmels
Carmel Apples
Tootsie Rolls
Reinsens
Sugar Daddies
Marathon Bars
Snickers
Milk Duds

Hard Foods :

Ice Cubes
Pens/Pencils
Whole Apples
Whole Carrots
Celery Sticks
Popcorn Seeds
Hard Pretzels
Hard Taco Shells
Nuts Hard Bagels
Hard Corn Chips
Ribs (cut meat off the bone first)
Corn on the cob (cut corn off first)

In addition to all of 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. The sweets will not cause damage to your braces but they will cause damage to your teeth. This is how you get those white spots on y our teeth while wearing braces. The worst of all the sweets are soft drinks. It does not matter if the drink is diet or not, it will have the same effect on your teeth. We ask that you pleases try to stay away from soft drinks during your treatment.

Please call if you notice that a bracket is loose or has broken off, even if you have an appointment that day or the next, it will be helpful to have advanced notice so that we can have enough time to make the repair.

The last thing that we would like you to know is that when you bend your wires or knock a bracket loose you run the risk of making you treatment take longer. If you chew gum you probably will not break anything but it will make it more difficult for the teeth to move past each other which means the treatment will take longer. By not following these guidelines you will only cheat yourself in the end.

We all want this to be a positive experience for you and we want to complete treatment as quickly as possible. This will only happen with your cooperation. Lets work together to give you the best possible smile in the shortest period of time.

We are extremely pleased that you have chosen to work with us in creating your most fantastic smile!