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Once you have had braces a while, you'll become good at getting things out of the brackets just by using your tongue and suction from your cheeks. The only place i have to actually use an proxy brush now after i eat is behind the last lower bracket on one side.
Chocolate is awesome!! Gotta go for the pure stuff though - if it's got bits that don't melt (e.g. honeycomb!), it's such a pain. Suck it to death, tastes better that way anyway!
Deviating from brace-related chocolate woes for a minute- anybody love the new (or renewed) Wispa Gold bars? Anything with caramel is just gorgeous anyway, but in a Wispa it's delicious