New to Having Braces

**The2NerdyOnes** · Joined: 09 Sep 2007 Posts: 315 Location: Houston, TX

And I need to know what foods I can and can't eat. I also don't eat vegetables or fruits AT ALL.
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**DarcnesS** · Joined: 09 Sep 2007 Posts: 731

You can pretty much ignore all the rules about what you can and can't eat as long as you're extremely careful.

For instance, if you want to eat gummy candy don't chew it. etc etc

But don't ever ever EVER chew gum with braces. It does not work well.

**The2NerdyOnes** · Joined: 09 Sep 2007 Posts: 315 Location: Houston, TX

**ruametalhed** · Joined: 18 Mar 2007 Posts: 476 Location: Chino Hills,CA

to add to the gum thing
its not really that bad if its sugarless gum
but it can still get stuck and when it does its pretty gay

but when i had braces and chewed sugarless gum it rarely got stuck in my braces

**stlcards08** · Joined: 03 Jun 2007 Posts: 628

An hour and a half? wow lol. I ate whatever I wanted whenever I wanted, if a bracket came off, I got it fixed (only happened twice in 3-4 years though). Whatever you do, make sure you wear your retainer when you get them off no matter how annoying it is. I stopped wearing mine a couple months after and my teeth are growing crooked again.
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**mac081793** · Joined: 07 Aug 2007 Posts: 2643 Location: Pomona, CA

Just ask ur Orthodonist and he'll let ya know.

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**Knut** · Joined: 30 Nov 2007 Posts: 379 Location: Miami, CSI

I removed my braces like.. 8 years ago? Had them for 3 years :S I don't remember ever being told to not eat this and that, but I don't chew gum anyway. Just eat the stuff you used to eat, it's no big deal. Oh and hooking the rig up to a battery and light bulb is fun for a couple seconds but really hurts >_>

**TeflonTuxedo** · Posted: Mon Dec 10, 2007 6:05 am Post subject:

You're also gonna hate it when it's time to get your braces tightened. Your orthodontist inserts a slightly smaller wire, and it hurts to eat any hard food for a while.

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**Moobies1** · Joined: 04 Feb 2007 Posts: 135 Location: Chicago

If you want to just eat whatever the fuck you want. Thats what I did.

It just takes like an extra 6 months before you get them off. But I broke most my brackets doing things other than eating anyways, so it really just depends on how careful you are all the time, rather than just what food you eat.
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**stryker** · Posted: Mon Dec 10, 2007 7:31 am Post subject:

You can eat anything once you get the hang of it. I'd stay away from gummy stuff though; not that it might break your equipment, but it's a bitch to clean out.

If tonight is your first night with them, take some ibuprofen and eat lots of mashed potatoes. Whenever you get them adjusted, you'll be on soup and no-chew foods for 36 hours.
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**Confrontational** · Posted: Mon Dec 10, 2007 8:13 am Post subject:

Okay. When you are NEW new to braces, your teeth become incredibly sensitive as they adjust to the initial changes brought about by the braces. During this time it's best to stick to liquids and soft foods, like soup, oatmeal, yogurt, ice cream, et cetera. For soup, the basic Campbell's soup cans (add water) work better than the full-sized "Chunky" soup cans, stuff like that, and Progresso, because they have less solids, but if you feel like chewing, go for it. This will also happen for a few days each time your braces get tightened (though with me it had a sort of "diminishing returns" effect).

Aside from that, there aren't really any dietary restrictions to braces that aren't unreasonable. Naturally, don't eat gum, but not because it'll cause a wire to pop, it just gets stuck in the brackets and takes FOREVER to clean. Stuff like crackers and chips will get stuck in there too, so make sure to keep your mouth clean, otherwise you shouldn't have any problems eating them.

One thing I would advise you stay away from is biting into a whole apple or anything like that. I love eating apples... A few different kinds of fruits actually, bananas, grapes, papayas, cantaloupe, watermelon, orange... GOD I love oranges... But I'm getting off track here... Anyway, I was able to bite into a whole apple, but it hurt like HELL when the sides of the apple pushed my brackets away. I had to start slicing apples up whenever I wanted one.

Oh, and I had mine on and off in 18 months. The bastard took 'em off early though, so my bottom two front teeth are oh-so-slightly crooked (one pushes the other forward). What an ass. Thousands of dollars, all the pain and the discomfort of wearing my loose change inside my mouth and the damn things didn't even fix my teeth, not to mention my jaw has popped ever since I had them taken out! Braces...

Edit: TOTALLY ninja'd by the guy before me.

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**Psyballa** · Joined: 22 Jun 2007 Posts: 16

Something I never got about braces is why they tell you not to eat nuts... will they potentially crack a bracket?

**Confrontational** · Posted: Mon Dec 10, 2007 8:36 am Post subject: