Yay! So there is hope! I have a feeling that even if it is difficult to eat, I'll still be eating it at least once a week. It's just so addictive, isn't it? I think they must put heroin in the wasabi. Tis the only explanation.



I will drink... er.... eat a california roll to that!

hippyhippo ... wasabi and soy rock!

I eat wasabi like there's no tomorrow ... but I refuse to snif it!

Corn on the cob is a nightmare, but thats all I can say.

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Mangoes are without a doubt the worst. They're bad even without braces.

There's also peanuts, chicken, fettucini, broccoli, and brownies.

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i've only had my braces 2 days so I haven't eaten many different foods, but bread seems really bad for clogging up and sticking all round the brackets.
Rice didn't seem to bad.

haha, oh man...I have a new worst food list for expanders-- shaved coconut! I had a dessert bar with coconut on the top, and it took FOREVER to get the little pieces out from underneath the RPE!

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6/27/2006-- RPE cemented

The worst so far has been bread.

I had some mango yesterday with no problems at all, and had rice and chicken last night and nothing really got stuck at all. I'm actually quite surprised at how little gets stuck in them. Mind you being only a few days braced, I haven't tried a huge variety of things yet.

I'm wondering if maybe it's because I have Speed braces. With no ligatures and such a tiny square little brackets it seems like there isn't many places that would grab onto the food.

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This thread is a bit disturbing to read as most of my favourite foods are mentioned as no no on this thread. I must eat pinto bean and rice burritos almost every day (yep, with tortillas), and indian food and thai food for a lot fo the other meals. So almost all my meals have rice and either whole beans, cheese, lettuce, tortilla, chopped cilantro, chopped tomato and even bread or dal or or curries. And also pizza. I'm mostly vegetarian.

Not sure how this is going to be!

jalapeno I'm totally vegetarian and also dabble a lot in vegan foods. I eat all the foods you've listed above without any problems. My ortho's advice was that with care all foods can be attempted ... just a few of the harder ones take some people a little longer to get back into eating. From memory I was back eating my usual foods before the end of week one. A few raw veggies I cut into small pieces as I still lacked confidence with chewing, but that quickly returned. Crisp and crunchy foods I broke so that I didn't have to bite them ... but I soon returned to enjoying my usually chewing routine with my molars!

If you're worried about ligs staining ... make sure you get ones that don't stain, or show very little staining. Purple, black, silver, dark green are just a few of the ones I know don't stain. Bright and dark blue are great, but turn sea green after a good curry, which is still a good colour. My ortho also offered wire ties, but as I love colour I declined his kind offer!

I recommend you invest in a waterpik if you're concerned about food getting stuck in places and it taking a while to cleanup. I never had one for the first six months and I never found it a problem, just swirled with water or other fluids, and always carried my dentakit with me, which includes a mirror and tooth pick. After a friend sent me a waterpik from overseas, I've found cleaning, after eating many foods, is now a lot faster!

Be positive that eating will not be a problem for you, then make sure this is the case!

Good luck!

Chili! My Mother-in-law sends it over about once a week and it's yummy but eating it feels like I'm coating my mouth with tar and feathers!

I also hate eating my son's goldfish crackers now when I used to love breaking them apart with my front teeth and crunching them down. It's no fun to crunch them on your back 4 molars!

Sigh...only 12-15 more months...

Gracie

Thanks KiwiKaren I'm relieved to read that

Long pasta is still my worst. I have a near-choking or clearly gagging episode every single time. I don't eat a lot of meat, so even if I get penne, it's probably coated in cheese which also wraps around the brackets and just clogs everything up!

Broccoli, asparagus, lettuce, beans any green veggie with little sprouts or bits tend to be a "blast" when I go after them with my waterpick! They're hidden everywhere.

Salsa, chili, granola, breads and rice have all had their own little interesting stories for me.

I've found there's not many foods I CAN'T eat, I've just started changing the way I eat them so at the very least, you can't see it all hanging in the front (usually). Then again, I was at a business meeting last week in the boardroom and did not realize we were having lunch. I was eating a sandwich with lettuce and whatnot, there was a drink and pickles to help wash down the "muck" but the one guy had to keep trying to speak to me the moment I put a bit of the sandwich in my mouth. So not only do I have food in my mouth, but it takes longer to chew and clear it out before I dare to open my mouth knowing I may show mucky teeth lol!

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