Facing freshly placed braces is usually quite scary. The feeling of confusion that invades us when the dentist tells us that we must put on an appliance makes us feel lost. First, for having something in your teeth that you have not had before. Then, due to the uncertainty of whether it will cause sores and pain and, finally, due to the challenge of facing which foods to eat and which to avoid.
If you are in that situation, don’t worry! At first you will be a little lost but you will soon get used to it. However, it does not hurt to know what dishes are recommended to eat the first few days and what foods to avoid and in what ways to avoid displeasure, such as not being able to clean our device well or even spoiling one of the brackets.
What to eat the first days?
The first few days with the brace can be difficult. Just like every time the dentist tightens the brackets. The simple fact of opening the jaw will hurt and chewing meat or fish will seem impossible.
For those days it is important to keep in mind what will happen and that we will get used to the orthodontics but it will also help to eat some light dishes and, above all, easy to eat.
Soups and purees will become a great help. Do not stay in the basics and take the opportunity to put all kinds of food in them: meat, fish, vegetables… So that you continue to eat a variety even if the way of doing it changes for a few days. Take the opportunity to eat fruit in the form of juice or smoothies as well as sausage or very minced meat so you don’t have to make a lot of effort.
What you should not eat
Don’t be scared, there is a lot of variety of food for you to eat. However, it is better that you avoid some or at least, during the time you wear them, change the way you eat them.
1 apples to bites
Any fruit that you could eat with bites before is better that, from now on, you try to avoid doing it. Firstly, because if you have just had them put on (as we have mentioned above) it will hurt to do so and secondly, because you could damage your brackets. But don’t worry, you can eat it in the form of shakes or in small pieces that you break with a knife.
2 snacks
It is the same situation as the previous point, you could have problems with the brackets. Also, if it is in sliced bread, you will add the fact that it will cost you a lot to clean the device well. Better to avoid all kinds of snacks.
3 Seeds, peanuts, pistachios…
Or any dry fruit with skins. Both these and any seed will get stuck in the device, making it very expensive to leave it completely clean. Think twice!
4 Chewing gums
In this case, you will have to say goodbye to them during the time you wear the orthodontics. The reason is clear: it will stick to you everywhere!
5 Candies and hard candy
Forget about them for two reasons: firstly, they can get caught in the device and secondly, they can damage it.
6 coffee and tobacco
This case is different from the previous ones, not so much because it can damage your brackets but because of the aesthetic sense. No matter how well you brush your teeth, both the coffee and the tobacco will yellow the plastic of the wire and, no matter how much you brush, the feeling will be that you have a yellow smile.