Central Texas Orthodontics

Foods

JUST SAY NO

Most orthodontic emergencies happen from patients putting things in their mouth and eating things that they shouldn’t. The following should be avoided while wearing braces.

Corn Nuts

Caramels

Starbursts

Sugar Daddies

Taffy

Gummy bears

Chewing ice

Hard bread

Hard pretzels

Apples (uncut)

Carrots (uncut)

Frozen candy bars

Nuts

Hard candies

Sticky candies

Meat on the bone

Beef jerky

Celery

Granola bars

Corn on the cob

Bubble Gum

Tootsie rolls

Crunchy chips

Hard Tacos

Pencils

Broccoli

Just kidding about broccoli