A well balanced diet that minimizes sweets and sugared beverages is important. Hard, sticky, and/or crunchy foods should not be eaten to avoid damaging your braces.
Hard foods may damage your braces by bending your wires and/or loosening your brackets/bands.
Fruit Roll-Ups ABSOLUTELY No Gum!
Sticky foods damage your braces by bending wires and pulling brackets/bands loose.
Chicken or ribs: DO NOT BITE INTO THE MEAT . . . take it off the bone.
Corn-on-the-cob: DO NOT BITE INTO THE CORN COB . . . cut it off the cob.
DO NOT BITE: T-shirts, blankets, objects such as: pens, pencils, crayons, fingernails, and water bottles.
NO SODA OR CARBONATED BEVERAGES!
The carbonation will dissolve the cement attaching the braces to your teeth and cause PERMANENT WHITE SPOTS on your teeth.