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roxie2519
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Quick question

#1 Post by roxie2519 »

Why doesn't your Ortho, want you to chew on hard stuff? Is it because of the brackets falling off or what? I personally eat whatever I want. :?

Sita
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Re: Quick question

#2 Post by Sita »

To help prevent brackets breaking and wires bending/breaking as well.
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wildpig
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Re: Quick question

#3 Post by wildpig »

Just be careful on how you chew and eat. You will be able to handle almost just about any food (maybe in different ways than you are used to) eventually.

sirwired
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Re: Quick question

#4 Post by sirwired »

Some foods are problematic, no matter what you do...

Whole nuts can act as wire-popping wedges... personally, I risk doom and destruction with some of the softer nuts, like pecans. But whole roasted peanuts? Forget it.

Really chewy foods, if they are thick, can easily bend archwires through your biting force.

Really crunchy foods can obviously debond brackets. (In addition, hard candy, unless you promptly brush, will cause instant plaque buildup far worse than if you didn't have braces.)

Sticky foods like gum? Well, you should need an ortho to tell you that picking strands of chewing gum off of tie wings is nobody's idea of a good time.

Lastly, popcorn is bad on several fronts. Not only can unpopped kernels pop wires and debond brackets, leftover hull bits can get easily wedged between a bracket and your gumline, causing severe injury to your gums if it's not noticed quickly. (As in, you could develop a periodontal pocket that will take weeks to heal in a matter of hours.)

smilehope
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Re: Quick question

#5 Post by smilehope »

The main thing I'm going to miss is crusty bread - I bake (in machine) every day for the family. I love crusty bread! Actually, I would love it but for making my jaw crunch so maybe it won't be so bad cutting the crusts off while in braces. I can still dunk them in soup!

klobird
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Re: Quick question

#6 Post by klobird »

I will get charged $50 for a broken bracket that has to be replaced, if it's due to what I have eaten. It's a really good deterrent! So far it's all good....(even though I haven't always been!)

BracedInNOLA
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Re: Quick question

#7 Post by BracedInNOLA »

I ate a Clif bar (needed some food and not many choices) and bent my arch wire pretty good. It didn't have nuts and wasn't crunchy, but was just too dense, I guess. I was kind of shocked that it bent it quite as much as it did (though it's my first arch wire, so not the thickest wire around).

I can't imagine the damage I would have done if I'd gone with the beef jerky (which was the other protein option available).

roxie2519
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Re: Quick question

#8 Post by roxie2519 »

wow I 've actually thought that the only reason why we should stay away from all this delicious goods, was because of the pain when chewing! I don't even know If my wire has been bent, I can't really tell.... :shock: :shock: :shock: how can I tell for sure.. :?: :-+

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Re: Quick question

#9 Post by sirwired »

You'll know. You'll instantly feel massive (if not necessarily immediately painful) force, similar to what happens after an adjustment, but amplified.

You'll also commonly rip wires right out of brackets, which is kind of obvious.

roxie2519
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Re: Quick question

#10 Post by roxie2519 »

ok thanks , so when are they supposed to put the elastics around each bracket ? It has been one month and nothing.

sirwired
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Re: Quick question

#11 Post by sirwired »

Unless you have self-ligating brackets, you already have elastics (called ligatures) around each bracket. They'll be replaced at every adjustment. (Note: You may have wire ligatures instead, in which case you don't need the elastic ones, and they don't need replacing until your wire needs changing.)

Ellebraced
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Re: Quick question

#12 Post by Ellebraced »

I eat pretty much everything, popcorn everyday but I see why they say no popcorn because 2x a had a kernel "skin" stuck in my gum under my bracket and it really hurt, soon as I removed it felt better.

Please don't tell my ortho :? I don't think I can live without my snacky foods. I do avoid very sticky hard foods. Only broke a bracket once from eating salad, think the baby spoon torn it off.

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roxie2519
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Re: Quick question

#13 Post by roxie2519 »

well my dentist said that the wire will bend over the course of time anyway, because the teeth are moving ....so don't worry about it too much :(

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