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No-No List 

Food for Orthodontic Thought

(To Be Posted On Your Refrigerator Door)

Your braces are designed to be removed at the end of treatment. As such, pushing or pulling on the braces hard enough will cause them to break off.

No-No List

Things you cannot eat or chew

Hard Foods

Sticky Foods

Miscellaneous

  • ICE CUBES
  • PIZZA CRUST
  • PRETZELS
  • DORITOS, TACOS, TOSTITOS,CHEETOS
  • BAGELS, ROLLS
  • BONES
  • BEEF JERKY
  • SUCKERS
  • NUTS
  • RIBS
  • POPCORN
  • RAW VEGETABLES
  • FRESH FRUIT
  • CORN ON THE COB
  • GUM
  • TOFFEE
  • CARAMELS
  • JUJUBES
  • GUMMY BEARS
  • PENS
  • PENCIL
  • FINGER NAILS
  • HIGH SUGAR FOODS
  • CIGARETTE SMOKE

Eating these foods will very likely break the braces, but you may not discover the problem until hours or days later… SURPRISE!! Please use your common sense when eating certain foods.

Loose bands, broken wires, and detached brackets will result in a longer treatment time.