what not to eat

Please do not eat HARD foods: nuts, 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.

Please do not eat STICKY foods: taffy, caramels, bubble gum, or sticky candy of any sort. Use common sense about most foods.

Please avoid BAD HABITS: nail biting, pen or pencil chewing, or chewing on ice cubes. These can damage your braces!

Absolutely no…

Popcorn
Pizza Crusts
Gum (sugarless or otherwise)
Caramels
Dots
Starbursts
Caramel Apples
Airheads
Swedish Fish
Sour Patch Kids
Licorice
Toffee
Tootsie Rolls
Now & Laters
Skittles
Twizzlers
Any Other Sticky Foods

Eat with caution or cut up…

Hard Foods
Nuts
Bagels (don’t toast too much)
Apples (cut up)
Corn on the Cob (remove from cob)
Uncooked Carrots
Doritos
Pretzels

Eat much less…

Candy
Ice Cream
Cake
Cookies
Pie
Foods with Sugar

Drink much less…

Pop/Soda
Drinks with Sugar