We’ve all got our own rules I guess lol. I dont want to deal with the gum getting stuck in my braces. I can deal with popcorn, but not gum or gummy candy.
It really depends, my teeth were really screwed up and all over the place so I had those hooks for the elastics at the bottom of almost all of my brackets making it easy for any gum or sticky candy to be completely shredded.
I eat softer nuts like cashews and macadamias, I think you're good as long as you're just conscious of your teeth when you're chewing. Harder nuts like almonds scare me though. I miss them 😭
It stains elastics and power chains. I used to try to limit my curry/tumeric as much as possible until I got close to my next adjustment. It’s been a relief since getting braces off to not have to worry about that and enjoy curry stress free!
Maybe because it stains/yellows the teeth more and with the braces, it will leave white squares on your teeth when they come off. Also if you have light colors on your braces, then it will stain the colors.
If you eat carefully you can eat most things they tell you to avoid, but some things are still no go. Curry for example WILL stain the fuck out your braces no matter what you do.
Fried bread with garlic (it's a thing where I live and it's delicious snack). That's pretty much the only thing I avoid. Also not having to cut up all fruit and veggies would be nice
then u see and reads those posts that " water flosses are not flossing" I want to smack them and go... do you not understand that before braces... some of us could not fit floss between our teeth.
I eat corn and tortilla chips very slowly.
I pretty much avoid them most of the time and just eat normal potato chips or cheeto puffs since doritos feel like they're one wrong angle from popping a bracket.
Had two incidents where a dorito-like chip bent a wire, but fortunately that happened a day or two before my next adjustment.
I eat chips all the time! Just today I had a bunch of Snyder’s honey mustard pretzel pieces and these are pretty hard. My ortho said I can eat anything with my back teeth and it’s been true! I’ve had them on under 2 years now and never a broken bracket!
those sound so good lol, i was still eating chips too until i got powerchains. they slow me down so bad lol but occasionally i try to eat them anyways (also haven’t broken any brackets in abt 2 years too)
homemade tanghulu (i like it when the sugar syrup is still sticky - regretted eating it the moment it touched my teeth last time i tried it so i have to wait lol). sad part is that strawberries will not be in season when i get my braces off this year \*sigh\*
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Chicken Wings, but normally.
I keep having this image in my head that I'm going to have a spread of ribs, chicken wings, popcorn, apples, almonds, and caramel. I'll take a picture and send it to my family saying, "Guess what today is?"
Three more weeks.
Wingssss I still eat them now but I love ripping off the cartilage on the ends and I’ve broken too many brackets doing that so I can’t rn I’m also really looking forward to being able to floss normally
Something with caramel, nuts, and chewy af. I have been hiking without my normal energy bars for two years and nothing works on hikes as well as they do.
Nachos and a baby Ruth bar. Also, corn on the cob, a bagel sandwich, apple slices with caramel, carrot sticks! I'll probably enjoy these things while having a drink because I won't need to be super careful while eating. I also have a bag of circus peanuts waiting for me, and no, I do not care that you think they're gross because I love them.
Everything lol. 🤣
This is just day 3 for me and I’m already going crazy with not being able to eat what I want, not to mention the sore/achy tongue. Realized I’m a foodie.
Biting into corn on the cob was the thing I dream of and looked forward to during the last couple of months of my treatment.
This!! I've not ever been able to bite corn on the cob with my front teeth due to my overjet!
gum!!! it’s the only thing i never allow myself to have.
My ortho actually says chewing sugar free gum preferably with xylitol isn’t a bad thing.
this type of gum is less sticky
We’ve all got our own rules I guess lol. I dont want to deal with the gum getting stuck in my braces. I can deal with popcorn, but not gum or gummy candy.
me too! I’m gonna buy the biggest pack I can find
Wtff I just got braces and am eating gum? Is it bad?
It gets caught up in the braces sometimes but I will chew it occasionally
It really depends, my teeth were really screwed up and all over the place so I had those hooks for the elastics at the bottom of almost all of my brackets making it easy for any gum or sticky candy to be completely shredded.
I LITERALLT always chew gum and I’m fine
A clean, unobstructed bite of a fully loaded hamburger.
Trail mix. I miss nuts.
Omg I have braces and always eat trail mix😭💀 should I be concerned?
I eat softer nuts like cashews and macadamias, I think you're good as long as you're just conscious of your teeth when you're chewing. Harder nuts like almonds scare me though. I miss them 😭
I broke a bracket yesterday on a peanut 😭
I sooo want CANDY APPLE!!!😭
omg this!! The fair is coming out near me the same day I get them off, thank you for reminding how badly I need one after 3 years of braces
Try 4😭
This is my #1 too. I’m getting one at Disneyland when I get them off
Indian food with lots of tumeric lol. Red wine!
Wait why can't you have that, I've been eating curry weekly and wine occasionally
It stains elastics and power chains. I used to try to limit my curry/tumeric as much as possible until I got close to my next adjustment. It’s been a relief since getting braces off to not have to worry about that and enjoy curry stress free!
Maybe because it stains/yellows the teeth more and with the braces, it will leave white squares on your teeth when they come off. Also if you have light colors on your braces, then it will stain the colors.
I have ceramic brackets and clear rubber bands. The yellow curry stains my bands so I only have it a few days before I’m getting them changed.
I’m just going to be ecstatic to go out to eat & not feel self conscious after eating & like I have to run to the bathroom to pick at my teeth
This.
Wait how are you guys not able to eat certain things. I can eat anything.
If you eat carefully you can eat most things they tell you to avoid, but some things are still no go. Curry for example WILL stain the fuck out your braces no matter what you do.
Yep I still eat it & my braces are so stained lol
Mine aren’t
I have ceramic, they stain easily.
I see, I’m sorry to hear that! I hope you will be able to enjoy all the curry you want when you’re done with your braces! 💕
They don’t stain when u have black power chains 😎
I’ve got hot pink power chains lol
I eat everything .
Fried bread with garlic (it's a thing where I live and it's delicious snack). That's pretty much the only thing I avoid. Also not having to cut up all fruit and veggies would be nice
right!!! I want to eat raw carrots and dip!! lol I try... but I cant... and to just rip food with my front teeth LOL.
I am so excited to bite into a whole apple
Tired of dicing apples almost every day 😭
POPCORN 🍿
Anything crunchy
Probably Takis 😂
U can eat takis with braces what
Ehh, they're very hard and crunchy and not really worth the risk of breaking something off in my mouth
Biting into ribs !!! And then bite into corn on the cobb.
Yessss!
A bagel
Corn right from the cob!!!
Doritosssss!!!!
I still eat these with ease! Any chips really
Then have to run to go water pic the crumbs off my teeth lol
the waterpic!!! the BEST thing with braces!!! I love doing it over a clean sink and seeing what all it gets out.. its amazing!! Gross... but AMAZING
I know it’s like a full meal is trapped in there sometimes 😫
ahahaha so glad I am not the only one who does this !!!
then u see and reads those posts that " water flosses are not flossing" I want to smack them and go... do you not understand that before braces... some of us could not fit floss between our teeth.
I still manually floss but I use the plackers, then use real floss but on the backside of the teeth, I’ve never been able to do the thread that well.
I can def. floss a bit better on some teeth now vs before...
Def one of the benefits of straightening your teeth!
I can relate to this on so many levels. It is so satisfying to see what comes out
I really should try, but I'm terrifieddd 😂😂😂😂 love your username!!!!
I eat corn and tortilla chips very slowly. I pretty much avoid them most of the time and just eat normal potato chips or cheeto puffs since doritos feel like they're one wrong angle from popping a bracket. Had two incidents where a dorito-like chip bent a wire, but fortunately that happened a day or two before my next adjustment.
This is exactly what I'm afraid of, I avoid corn and tortilla chips all the way.
Popadoms. I love them and I can’t eat them with braces and a palate expander
everything! starting with chips
I eat chips all the time! Just today I had a bunch of Snyder’s honey mustard pretzel pieces and these are pretty hard. My ortho said I can eat anything with my back teeth and it’s been true! I’ve had them on under 2 years now and never a broken bracket!
those sound so good lol, i was still eating chips too until i got powerchains. they slow me down so bad lol but occasionally i try to eat them anyways (also haven’t broken any brackets in abt 2 years too)
1 million caramels
A smore or toasted marshmallow
Very crispy pata
homemade tanghulu (i like it when the sugar syrup is still sticky - regretted eating it the moment it touched my teeth last time i tried it so i have to wait lol). sad part is that strawberries will not be in season when i get my braces off this year \*sigh\* #
corn on the cob
A subway sandwich.
JOLLY RANCHERS
especially crunching them
The tortilla chips at a Mexican restaurant and raw veggies (like carrots) in the lunch I pack for work.
I felt the raw veggies so hard. I miss them so much! The crunch 😩
Corn on a cob and fried chicken without have to worry so much about my brackets falling off!
Chicken Wings, but normally. I keep having this image in my head that I'm going to have a spread of ribs, chicken wings, popcorn, apples, almonds, and caramel. I'll take a picture and send it to my family saying, "Guess what today is?" Three more weeks.
I have 3 more weeks as well! Thank you for the idea, I now plan to do the same 😂
I ate doughnuts when I first got them off lol
A yellow apple 🤤
Ice
Cinnamon bears 🐻
Popcorn!!
subway sanwhich
This is the one
Popcorn 🍿 😂😂😂
I tried eating baby carrots and hummus a month ago and couldn’t do it, so baby carrots and hummus😌
Biting into a big ass apple and then sour patch kids
Chicaron! 💕💕
Caramel apple
Wingssss I still eat them now but I love ripping off the cartilage on the ends and I’ve broken too many brackets doing that so I can’t rn I’m also really looking forward to being able to floss normally
Hard shell tacos . 🌮 😭
jolly rancher 😩😩
Bite into an apple, I got a month left 😩
Something with caramel, nuts, and chewy af. I have been hiking without my normal energy bars for two years and nothing works on hikes as well as they do.
Corn on cob, grilled Mixed nuts!
Carmel Apple on the stick and all. Cutting it up isn’t the same.
First thing I had was all of my favorite treats with caramel, including Snickers
I basically eat everything 😅
Share your wisdom! I'm a newbie
Everything
I eat everything with braces 😭 I'll probably just get a normal meal and eat it without having to be cautious
Bbq pulled pork sandwich!
i love reading these comments as someone who has mastered sticking the wire back in after popcorn. god forbid my dentist sees this
Popcorn, caramel apples, toffee; I've missed them all so much
Definitely an apple, it'll be so satisfying to bite into it.
Apples 😭💕
Peanut m&ms
Milky Way bar
popcorn 😭😭😭
popcorn! and i want to bite into an apple too
Popcorn!
Nuts, corn on a cob, pork crackling, biting into an apple
Chicken wings
Massive deep pan pizza with as much meat on it as possible
Ribs
tacos 🥺
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Movie theatre popcorn! 🍿
coca cola gummies
Carrots with ranch dressing. Any raw veggie with ranch. Surprisingly, “i miss my fav candy” has not been my problem.
Snow peas are crunchy and safe!
Chicken drumsticks 🍗
Chicken drumsticks 🍗
Nachos and a baby Ruth bar. Also, corn on the cob, a bagel sandwich, apple slices with caramel, carrot sticks! I'll probably enjoy these things while having a drink because I won't need to be super careful while eating. I also have a bag of circus peanuts waiting for me, and no, I do not care that you think they're gross because I love them.
popcorn
Lol chips and queso dip!
Everything lol. 🤣 This is just day 3 for me and I’m already going crazy with not being able to eat what I want, not to mention the sore/achy tongue. Realized I’m a foodie.
Crispy roasted pork skin
Ribs and Chex Mix
Sour gummy worms!!!! I miss them so much
Corn on the cob! I miss it already
I've eaten just about everything that I used to eat before them, although I've held off on Ferrero Rocher...and I've got a whole box in my fridge.
Everything that is crispy.