- Fritos, Doritos, or any sharp or hard snacks
- Hard bread, rolls, bagels or chewy pizza crust
- Pretzels (hard or soft)
- Crunchy cereal
Eating with Braces
Be Careful With
Do Not Bite Into
Hard, raw fruits and vegetables or any meat on the bone
- Cut up apples and carrots
- Corn cut off of the cob
- Cut all meat off the bone
Do Not Chew On
- Pens/Pencils
- Fingernails
- Plaastic Bottlecaps
- Ice
Foods To Avoid
Hard Foods
- Popcorn
- Nuts
- Peanut Brittle
- Ice
- Beef Jerky
- Jolly Rancher
- Blowpops
- Peppermints
Sticky Foods
- Taffy
- Caramels
- Gum – any kind including sugar free
- Gummy Bears
- Jelly Beans
- Skittles
- Sour Patch
- Starbust
Foods To Enjoy
- Mashed Potatoes
- Pastas
- Mac & Cheese
- Soups
- Chicken/Tuna Salad
- Fish Fillets
- Pancakes
- Eggs
- Bite size steak/Chicken
- Yogurt
- Ice Cream
- Watermelon
- Applesauce
- Avocados
- Smoothies
- Brownies/Soft Cookies
- Soft Snow Cones
- Plain M&M’s
- Reese’s PB Cups
- KitKat Bars
Help Keep Your Treatment on Track
Our goal is to finish your orthodontic treatment as efficiently as possible. Please ask us if you have questions about specific foods.