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Special care must be taken with foods eaten during treatment.
You can eat most of the good things that you eat now; however, hard, sticky, gooey or crunchy foods should be avoided because they may stick to the brackets and pull them off your teeth. In addition, the sugar can get around behind the braces and cause cavities.
PLEASE DO NOT EAT STICKY LOLLIES:
- Minties
- Toffee
- Lollipops
- Redskins
- Warheads
- Hard-centered chocolates
- Fantales
PLEASE DO NOT EAT HARD FOODS:
- Ice cubes
- Raw carrots
- Whole apples
- Corn on the cob
- Meat on bones (e.g. spare ribs, drumsticks)
- Hard crusty bread
- Large pieces of tough steak
- Pork crackling
ALSO DO NOT:
- Chew your pen
- Open pop top water bottles with your teeth
- Chew your nails
AVOID:
Plain soft chocolates are fine as long as you brush afterwards.
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