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Foods to Avoid

While you are wearing braces, please avoid eating hard foods, sticky foods and foods high in sugar. Hard foods can break or damage the wires and brackets, and sticky foods can get caught between the wires and brackets. Minimize the amount of sugary foods you eat; the sugar can cause tooth decay and other related problems.

We encourage patients to quit bad habits, such as fingernail biting, pencil and pen chewing and chewing on foreign objects. All of these activities can break or damage your braces.

It's important to regularly check your braces for bent or loose wires and brackets. If you have a loose/broken wire or bracket, please call our office immediately to arrange a repair appointment.

Sticky Foods to Avoid suggest by King Orthodontics Dentistry

Examples of Sticky Foods to Avoid:

  • Licorice
  • Sugar Daddies
  • Toffee
  • Tootsie Rolls
  • Caramels
  • Starburst
Hard Foods to Avoid suggest by King Orthodontics Dentistry

Examples of Hard Foods to Avoid:

  • Nuts
  • Hard taco shells
  • French bread crust/rolls
  • Corn on the cob
  • Apples and carrots (unless cut into small pieces)
  • Bagels
  • Chips
  • Jolly Ranchers
  • Pizza crust
  • Uncooked carrots (unless cut)
Minimize sugary foods advisory by King Orthodontics Dentistry

Minimize Sugary Foods like:

  • Ice Cream
  • Cookies
  • Pie
  • Candy
Take juice only once a day prescribed by King Orthodontics Dentistry

Only Once a Day:

  • Sweetened tea
  • Gatorade
  • Kool-Aid
  • Drinks with sugar