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S I M P L Y avoid these for SUCCESS!
Our goal is to provide you with a beautiful smile! What YOU EAT and DO is the key to successful orthodontic treatment.Sticky – Chewy
Gum (Sugar or Sugarless) Tootsie Rolls Tootsie Pops Blow Pops Carmel’s Carmel Apples Gummy Bears Gummy Worms Toffee Starburst Jelly Beans Fruit Roll-ups Fruit Snacks Now & Laters Licorice SkittlesHard – Crunchy
Chips Taco Shells Hard Candy Pretzels Jolly Ranchers Jaw Breakers Pizza Crust Suckers Popcorn Nuts (Food And Candy With Nuts)Other Orthodontic “No-No’s”
Lip Biting Biting Fingernails Chewing On Pencils or Pens Tearing or Opening Things with Your Teeth Cookies (Dunk Them In Milk) Carrots-Apples-Cut Into Pieces Hard Breads – Tear Small Pieces Corn On The Cob – Cut Off Cob Meat – Cut Off BoneFoods You Can Still Enjoy
Peanut Butter Cups Pasta Cheese Yogurt Chocolate Use common sense!- Hard foods: break or damage wires and brackets
- Sticky foods: get caught between brackets and wires.
- Sugary foods: cause tooth decay and related problems.
- Chewing on hard objects: break or damage your braces.