Braces and food?

Question

I'm getting braces tomorrow, and I'm not sure of what not to eat. I looked for articles about what not to eat, but I want to have more details, if you know what I mean. So, can you help me out? Thanks!

Answer 1

Just try not to eat anything that you think will stick in your braces.

Corn off the cob and whole apples are big no-nos.

If you cut them up though they're fine.  Nuts are another thing that  you just have to be really careful how you eat.

You can eat most things when wearing braces, you just have to make sure you brush you teeth after eating so the stuff doesn't get stuck and give you bad breath or make your teeth rot.

If you're getting braces tomorrow, your mouth might be sore when they get done, in which case you might want to stick with soft warm things or soup.

Good luck :)

Answer 2

ok they tell you no popcorn witch is bull you can eat it as much as possible, and ice I would only suck on, don't bite into an apple cut it into pieces.  Oh and soda you can have too

Answer 3

This is sooo weird i got my braces this morning and i am eating dinner right now! Well pretty mush evrything hurts when u eat it so stick with soup

Answer 4

They tell you not to eat popcorn,caramel,gum, and other sticky things but really dependinfg on your teeth you can eat all of them. I have had braces for a while now and I have eaten caramel apples, popcorn, gum, and basically everything they say not to eat.

Answer 5

Your not suppose to eat/drink allot of things but you still can. The food might get stuck in your braces. Make sure to cut your fruit into pieces.

Answer 6

Alright basically the firsst 2 days u won't b able to chew because ur teeth will b soree && ull feel discomfort when U use them from the braces then ull b able to chew...but to be able to BITE into food took me 2 weeks to go thru every1 is different....as for what u cannot eat is Simple, DUN EAT ANYTHING STICKY like caramel, some ppl can't eat starburts but Im with it IDK every1 is diff but basically stickyy food does give a lil problem && u cnt BITE into hard things like APPLES u need to jus cut them into lil bites && eat them eiether than that U can eat everything jus make sure to BRUSH && if u cnt brush after every meal "swish && swallow" as the poster in my ortho office says, to clean ur braces of lil particles whih cause infection && discomfort, KEEP THEM CLEAN && dun chew gum, I haven't && they came off earlierr, take care of them && HAVE FUN i love my bracessss, pick crazy colors. Good Luck && Enjoy =)