Can I eat a chocolate bar with braces?

So here comes the big question: Is it okay to eat chocolate when wearing braces? Yes, chocolate is perfectly fine for braces as long as you're eating the right kind. Any type of soft chocolate, from a chocolate bar to a peanut butter cup is going to be perfectly okay for you to eat.
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Can I eat Kit Kat with braces?

Candy you can eat with braces

A lot of chocolate treats are perfectly safe for you to enjoy while you are in braces. Hershey's® chocolate bars, Hershey's Kisses®, Reese's Peanut Butter Cups®, Kit Kats®, York Peppermint Patties® and Three Musketeers® are all great options that will be easy on your braces.
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What chocolate is safe for braces?

Chocolate: Soft milk or white chocolate is 100% safe to eat with braces, as long as there's no sneaky caramel, toffee or nuts hiding inside. Stick to treats like Hershey's kisses or even Kit Kat bars. Avoid dark chocolate, though.
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What candy can you eat when you have braces?

Here Are the Best Candies to Eat When You Have Braces
  • Reese's Pieces.
  • KitKats.
  • Reese's Peanut butter cups.
  • 3 Musketeers and other soft chocolate-only bars.
  • Plain or peanut butter M&Ms (NOT peanut M&Ms)
  • Chocolate bars (no nuts)
  • Soft cookies (no nuts)
  • Ritz Bits mini crackers.
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Can you eat bars with braces?

Technically, yes you can drink whatever you want with braces. But drinks with sugar cause cavities and teeth are harder to clean with braces on. So if your brushing is not 5-Stars, you may end up with cavities before your braces treatment is finished. Best practice is to avoid sugary drinks during braces.
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Foods That You CANT EAT With Braces



What junk food can you eat with braces?

Things like string cheese, peanut butter and jelly, fruit, crackers, or pudding taste good and travel well.
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They include:
  • Chocolates like M&Ms, Hershey bars, Kit Kats, and Reese's Pieces.
  • Soft, fresh-baked cookies.
  • Ice cream or frozen yogurt.
  • Soft pretzels, potato chips, cheese puffs.
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Can you eat Oreos with braces?

You want to avoid anything crunchy or hard, which means no nuts, potato chips, or popcorn. Instead, opt for Cheetos or Pirate Booty. Soft cookies (without nuts) are good, but avoid hard cookies like Oreos and Chips Ahoy unless you're a milk dunker. Ice cream is fine, but skip the nuts and hard candy toppings.
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Are M&Ms OK for braces?

M&Ms and Skittles

Unfortunately, the small size of these candies makes them an enemy to braces. Even if you eat just one piece at a time, the candy can get under the wire and pop off a bracket when you bite down.
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Can you eat a Twix with braces?

Foods to Enjoy

Suck ice, hard candies instead of biting. Pirate's Booty popcorn, popcorn without hulls, choose chocolate and candy bars with only small amounts of carmel or small nut pieces (Snickers, Twix). Chew small pieces of SUGAR FREE GUM (Trident, Extra or Spry).
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Can you eat 100 grand with braces?

Avoid anything hard or crunchy, such as Snickers, 100 Grand Bars, and anything with nuts or toffee. Jawbreakers and Gobstoppers are also on the list of candies to avoid. Say no to anything too sticky or chewy. Taffy, Starbursts, Skittles, licorice, and other chewy candies can pull on your brackets and wires.
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Can chocolate stain your braces?

Common reasons why braces break include: eating foods such as hard sweets or sticky foods, that you shouldn't be eating with braces. So here comes the big question: Is it okay to eat chocolate when wearing braces? Yes, chocolate is perfectly fine for braces as long as you're eating the right kind.
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Can I eat Snickers with braces?

Nuts & Candy with Nuts – People who wear braces should skip eating nuts and candies that have nuts throughout them. Treats like Almond Joy, Snickers, Babe Ruth, PayDay, and Hershey's with Almonds should be avoided altogether. One way for “nut lovers” to get their fix would be to opt for peanut butter comes.
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Is hot chocolate bad for braces?

Chocolate quickly melts away from teeth and does not harm your hardware.
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Can I have a Milky Way with braces?

Soft Caramel

For example, 'Milky Ways' or 'Kisses with Caramel' are appropriate to eat if you have dental braces. But brush your teeth as soon as your candy-eating session is complete.
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Can I eat fries with braces?

You can still eat things like ice cream, brownies, cookies, cake, French fries, burger, hot dogs, and pizza (just avoid the crust), no problem. Below is a list of foods to avoid and foods you can eat. If you are careful and practice good oral hygiene, you'll achieve a great smile in the amount of time Dr.
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Can I eat Skittles with braces?

For example, chewy treats such as M&Ms and Skittles can break the brackets of one's braces. Additionally, caramels are prone to getting stuck in your braces. Hard candies are fine to suck on but should not be bitten. Halloween candies are not made with dental health in mind.
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Can I eat marshmallows with braces?

No, you can't eat marshmallows with braces; the dentist always advises not to consume any types of sticky and hard foods and sugary foods; marshmallow sugar will increase cavities and bacteria in your mouth. Marshmallows will stick to your brackets and wire as well as your teeth and tooth.
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How strong is the braces glue?

Your first instinct may be that the glue isn't strong enough, so a few words about that. Orthodontic glue is designed to be strong enough to hold your brackets to your teeth yet weak enough to let go of your tooth in the event of a blow.
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Can u eat hot Cheetos with braces?

Flaming Hot Cheetos, Takis, Hot Fries, Hot'n Spicy chicharrones, Flaming Hot Doritos, Sabritones chips and Sabritas Chips must be avoided while you have braces on. These hot chips are hard and crunchy, so you have to bite down hard to crush them with your teeth.
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Can I have bacon with braces?

Nowadays, the ubiquitous question can you eat bacon with braces? Yes, you can eat, but it should be soft and boneless meat; otherwise, you have avoided it; there are many types of bacon you need to eat bite-size pieces and boneless as well as soft. Bacon can damage or hurt your appliances.
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Do braces not eat list?

Foods you can't eat with braces
  • Nuts.
  • Potato chips.
  • Popcorn.
  • Crunchy veggies.
  • Hard candies (such as jolly ranchers or lollipops)
  • Gum (Sugar-free gum is okay)
  • Sticky candies (like laffy-taffy or gummy bears)
  • Corn on the cob.
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Can I have mcdonalds with braces?

The normal rules for taking care of your braces apply at McDonald's. Even though hamburgers are soft, they require a large front biting motion that may dislodge your wires. Even chicken nuggets require this motion if you eat them by hand. The solution might be to eat your McDonald's with a fork and a knife.
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What can u not drink with braces?

Sugary Drinks to Avoid with Braces
  • Acidic liquids (includes distilled water and some bottled spring water)
  • Energy drinks.
  • Flavored water.
  • Fruit drinks.
  • Sodas (including diet)
  • Sports drinks.
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What can you eat the first week of braces?

Stick to pasta, seedless bread, soft veggies, pudding, soup, yogurt, etc. After about three or four days, the soreness will start to go away and you can graduate to more solid foods, but always steer clear of gum with sugar in it. Gum with sugar in it can cause damage to your teeth and braces.
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Can I drink soda with braces?

If you want to enjoy the occasional soda while you're wearing your braces, it's perfectly fine, but we recommend that you limit the amount that you drink and how often to reduce the amount of acid and sugar that your teeth are exposed to.
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