Can I eat meat with braces?

Grilled Chicken and Vegetables. While meat from a bone can cause damage to your braces, deboned meats like chicken breast can be eaten. Chicken pairs nicely with vegetables like broccoli.
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Can I chew meat with braces?

Meat, however, poses a problem for braces wearers because it's fibrous, making it hard to chew. Stringy meat will often become stuck in the braces, or between the teeth. Tough cuts can be so difficult to chew that they end up loosening the bands that surround the molars.
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What type of meat can I eat with braces?

Soft Meats – Examples of this include: meatloaf, chicken, tuna, or salmon. These meats are so soft you can cut them with a fork with no problem. This should signal that it is all right for you to consume and will not cause you to pop a wire or unfasten a bracket.
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Can you eat a steak with braces?

Steak. Steak is definitely off the list. Even the most tender cut of eye fillet can cause tricky issues with your braces. Chewing meats like steak can bend wires or dislodge brackets.
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Can you eat meat when you first get braces?

Grilled Chicken and vegetables: While meat from a bone can cause damage to your braces, boneless meat and chicken can be eaten. Chicken pairs nicely with vegetables, such as broccoli, which are also good for your braces.
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Foods That You CANT EAT With Braces



Is it OK to eat chicken with braces?

Grilled Chicken and Vegetables. While meat from a bone can cause damage to your braces, deboned meats like chicken breast can be eaten. Chicken pairs nicely with vegetables like broccoli.
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Can I eat pizza with braces?

Can you eat pizza with braces? Yes! You certainly can, as long as you avoid crusts and toppings that are too tough and hard, sticky, or stringy, and eat in small, careful bites. Of course, it's also essential to clean your teeth and the metal wires after eating for optimum dental health.
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Is fried chicken OK for braces?

Hard and crunchies: tortilla chips or hard shell tortilla, Cheetos, Fritos, Doritos, Kettle Chips, Cheez-Its, pretzels, popcorn, crust of the bread or pizza, crispy french fries, well-toasted bread, fried chicken and sandwiches/hamburgers should be avoided during braces.
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Can you eat chicken nuggets with braces?

Brownies — no nuts. Chicken nuggets — cut these into pieces to avoid damaging your braces! Soft tacos with all the fixings — avoid hard shells!
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Can I eat 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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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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Can I eat ramen with braces?

Yes, ramen noodles are safe to eat with braces.

That being said, Ramen are notorious for getting stuck in braces – so do all you can to not eat long strings of them. Break the hard block into many small chunks before cooking, or cut them up in the bowl before eating.
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Can I eat pork chop with braces?

Basically, when you wear braces you should avoid any hard foods and sticky or chewy foods. And if you do want to eat lamb chops, pork chops, chicken wings, spare ribs or T-bone steaks, just make sure you cut the meat off the bone. Carrots, apples and any hard fruit or vegetables should be cut into small pieces.
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How can I lose weight with braces on?

If you have been thinking about losing weight, this is a good time to do it! Avoiding chewing hard or tough foods such as chewy meats, raw vegetables or hard breads, will make eating easier and more comfortable. After a few days, you will be able to eat most foods again.
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Can you eat BBQ with braces?

But here's the good news: many barbeque foods that pose a threat to braces in their normal form are still safe to eat so long as you take a couple of extra steps. Rib bones can break braces but the meat is soft, so if you pull the meat off the rib with a fork and eat it separately you're still in the clear.
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Does ice cream loosen braces?

Soft iced treats, like ice cream and snow cones, are still acceptable with your braces and in fact, the coolness provides some relief after getting your braces tightened but avoid going for hard crust ice cream cones. Proper care of braces will keep them in good condition and prevent braces from staining and breaking.
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Can I eat Chick Fil A with braces?

The answer is yes, if you do it right. Given that sandwiches vary so much, you will need to make the right choices any time you make yourself a sandwich or order one while you're out. You will also need to be careful while eating a sandwich with braces so you don't end up causing damage to your braces.
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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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How long after getting braces can you eat normal foods?

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.
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Can I eat Cheetos with braces?

Any type of hard and crunchy food is something you will want to avoid while wearing your braces. Chips like Fritos, Doritos, Tostitos, Cheetos, Takis, as well as pretzels and other hard breads are foods that can not only damage your wire, but also cause your brackets to break.
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Can I 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 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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Do you use toothpaste with braces?

A toothbrush with rounded bristles works well for brushing braces, and fluoride toothpaste is always best, as it helps prevent tooth decay. Your orthodontist may also recommend a fluoride rinse to accompany proper brushing and flossing.
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Do braces hurt?

Braces can cause discomfort or pain while the person is wearing them. Usually, people will only feel pain or discomfort when an orthodontist first fits the braces and after regular brace tightening. They may also feel pain if part of the brace is rubbing or poking into the inside of their mouth.
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Can you eat Subway with braces?

As a general rule, don't use your teeth to break or tear any sort of food. Even a sandwich should be pulled apart and eaten on your back teeth. This is particularly important for bread rolls, hamburgers, Subway, etc. Lollies - The most common cause of problems with braces is lollies.
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