Foods that cannot be cleaned off the braces may lead to discoloration and decay of your teeth. Even though our braces and wires are metal, they are fragile and are usually damaged by eating the wrong foods, thus taking us longer to finish our treatment.

Do not eat HARD OR CRUNCHY FOODS which can damage the appliances by breaking off brackets and bending wires.

Do not eat STICKY FOODS which will get stuck on the appliances and become difficult to remove.

ABSOLUTELY NO:

GUM SUGARLESS OR OTHERWISE

STICKY FOODS Caramels Starbursts Toffee Carameled Apples Sugar Babies Licorice Tootsie Rolls Gummy Bears

HARD FOODS Popcorn Doritos Nuts Pizza Crusts Hard Candy Apples Corn on the Cob Jerky Ice Hard Pretzels Bagels Carrots (unless cooked and/orcut into small pieces)

MINIMIZE SUGAR INTAKE

EAT MUCH LESS Candy Ice Cream Foods with Sugar Cookies Pie Cake

DRINK MUCH LESS Soda-Pop Dnnks with Sugar