What Can I Eat When Wearing Braces

• Avoid hard foods which loosen brackets and bend wires.
• DO NOT EAT sugary, sticky, chewy foods such as: Lollies, chocolates and muesli bars.
• DO NOT DRINK soft drinks such as: Coke, Fanta and lemonade. We recommend that you drink plenty of water.
• BE AWARE of hard, crunchy foods such as: apples, carrots, corn on the cob, steak and pork crackling and Bones (e.g. chicken wings, chop bones).
• BE AWARE of hard items such as: Fingernails – avoid biting & chewing your nails. Don’t chew on pens and pencils.
• The items above are very hard and, if chewed on, can cause brackets to come off your teeth. If you want your treatment to go smoothly and quickly, you must take these things into consideration.