Official No-No List

Avoid ALL hard, sticky, or chewy foods such as:

• Ice – A thousand times NO! It will totally destroy braces
  
  
• Pizza Crust – The hard crust will bend wires
  
  
• Hard Pretzels – Bends wires, loosens bands, and knocks off brackets
  
  
• Doritos, Tacos, Tostitos, Cheetos, Fritos, etc. – Will form a hard ball and break your braces
  
  
• Caramel candy, bubble gum – Sticky goo which pulls off wires and feeds the bacteria in your mouth
  
  
• Hard Rolls, Bagels – Bends wires and knocks off brackets
  
  
• Beef Jerky, Slim Jims – Tough as nails
  
  
• Suckers, hard candy – Loosens bands and knocks off brackets.
  
  
• Nuts – No nuts of any kind
  
  
• Ribs – Knocks off brackets
  
  
• Pens and Pencils – Favorite exam-time snack. Breaks everything.
  
  
• Popcorn – The little shells get between the gum and band and will hurt like crazy
  
  
• Raw Carrots – Hard as rocks

All of this information may also be printed and downloaded in PDF form here!