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Dental Treatments In Thailand Discussion Forum => General Dentistry => Topic started by: akowind9 on March 09, 2012, 10:41:05 PM

Title: When wearing braces can you eat things like?
Post by: akowind9 on March 09, 2012, 10:41:05 PM
Can u eat things like, meat,beff, Chocolate. My friend told me that her brother had braces and he had a chines or indian and his teeth went all yellow because of the food i don't eat chines but my dads from turkey and they make stews and things like that.
Title: Re: When wearing braces can you eat things like?
Post by: Mstani on March 09, 2012, 10:42:28 PM
If you brush well then you shouldn't have a problem with yellowing teeth. Also, those foods sound fine, except not after your braces have been tightened, you want to stick to soft foods simply for the reason that it really hurts to eat.
Title: Re: When wearing braces can you eat things like?
Post by: Kmalik on March 09, 2012, 10:49:32 PM
Avoid hard foods which loosen brackets and bend wires.

*DO NOT EAT sugary, sticky, chewy foods such as: Lollies, chocolates and muesli bars.
*DO NOT DRINK soft drinks such as: Coke, Fanta and lemonade. We recommend that you drink plenty of water.
*BE AWARE of hard, crunchy foods such as: apples, carrots, corn on the cob, steak and pork crackling and Bones (e.g. chicken wings, chop bones).
*BE AWARE of hard items such as: Fingernails – avoid biting & chewing your nails. Don’t chew on pens and pencils.
*The items above are very hard and, if chewed on, can cause brackets to come off your teeth. If you want your treatment to go smoothly and quickly, you must take these things into consideration.
Title: Re: When wearing braces can you eat things like?
Post by: winkie on March 09, 2012, 10:51:32 PM
As long as you brush your teeth good every day you won't have yellow teeth. Just stay away from gum, taffy, and mostly candy. But everything else should be fine.