I just got braces and I want to know what I can eat.\n  email me at carma799@yahoo.com
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you can eat pretty much anything you want including gum. as long as your careful it will be fine. i would recomend staying away from extremly hard food or making it into smaller peices. hope i helped
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Try to take vitamins that are liquid so once you place them on or under your tongue they will absorb immediatley.  You can find these vitamins in your natural health food store.  And my Mother had gastric Bypass and she went through many months of training and to get advice and educated on what her surgery will intake and what she will have to do post-surgery.  My Mom takes a childrens chewable and I know she gets a B-12 shot once a month.  I'm not sure what else she takes but I know those two for sure but what is really scarey is that YOUR DOCTOR doesn't know!  Maybe check around for a new doc too!  Good luck!
48994
Take chocolate. But don't chew it, put it on ur tongue and let it melt. Thus it releases carbohydrates, that are fast assimilated by the organism ; ) Don't eat too much chocolate, especially if you're not going to move a lot! Have a great time!
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only for around a week a week and half until your teeth get used to the braces. they usually do hurt a few days after, you must be the lucky one lol. \nso yeah after around a week you can eat normal food. just don't eat sticky foods because they break, but the orthadontist probs already told you the inns and outs.
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Dear Granny,\nOh granny what big teeth you have, "all the better to eat you with". "They also come in handy for peeling oranges cleaning fish. Can you see my colgate ring of confidence."\nSorry Granny, I couldn't resist. On the upside, I am now recieving counciling!
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You have to do the work.  If you are not brushing properly and using a floss threader and flossing EVERYDAY then your gums will not heal.  Braces are even worse on teeth and gums as they get everything caught in them.  The bacteria and food debris just sits there on those brackets and wires, which in turn your body wants to fight off, hence you get swollen sore gums.  I know that trying to floss with a full-set of braces is a pain.  It is even for me when I have to floss one of my ortho patients, and I am a hygienist. I can't imagine having to do this at home. But you can do it.  You just have to make the time.  An electric toothbrush is a great thing for people with braces, it does not have to be an expensive one, the pulsar by oral-b is a great one and it costs about six dollars at walmart.  You have to take even better care of your mouth then the average person does when you have braces.  The only way to get all of the nasties out of your mouth is to brush, then floss, making sure to go under your wires by using super floss or a floss threader, taking care to wrap each side of the tooth like a "C" shape to clean each side of the tooth and under the gum-line, and then following by a vigorous swish with mouthwash or salt water.  The salt water is a great way to help heal the gums up and make them less sore.  Yes it tastes nasty, but it is a tried and true method.  Just try to remember that you will not have to wear braces forever, and once they are off you will have a great smile, as long as you do the work now.
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OK i was in 5th grade grade and i just had this special kind of braces put on my teeth. for the first week i could only eat liquid stuff. so i when to school and my mom made me some soupy pudding. and i sat down to eat but couldn't get the top off the container. so i pulled one more time and the pudding went all over my pants. everyone was laughing. i had to go to the office and call my mom *sigh* that is one of the worst. but think back now it was funny.
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well you can book your own appointment or be refferred by your normal dentist to see the orthodontist who will decide if you need braces. the decision will be made on how crowded or spacey your teeth are and your bite. he will get xrays done. then you will have another appiontment to get a mold done and to have spaces put between your teeth if they are crowded. then you make another appoi9ntment to get the braces on. they just glue them on and then put the wire through them. then you make probably monthly apointmnets to get them adjusted and tightened. so no you can just walk in there any time and say you want them tightened, you need an appointment and these have to be at certain times because if you came back after one week your teeth might not be ready to tighten again or if you waited like 2 months that would mean you would need braces for alot longer
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hey!!!\n\ni have just had train tracks put in yesterday afternoon! dont they hurt!!!!\ni can go to school beacuse i cant talk because my brace is really hurting!!\n\nanyway... my orthodontist said that i have to bann sweets and chocolate for 18 months!!!! that means i cant have sweets over christmas!!!! how unfair. \n\nhe also told me to eat soft foods such as pasta, soups and bananas.\nhe said to me not to bite into hard foods suich as apples and pears and potatoes. he said to cut them up and eat them bit by bit and slowly!!\n\ni hope all of this has helped!!! :)\n\ngood luck with your new brace!!!
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Try anchovies. That's like eating an eyebrow...\n\nMaybe with some lettuce and Parmesan?\n-SD-
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i'm paying $6000. for my daughters braces. they sometimes hurt for about a day or 2 motrin usually helps. braces are brackets that are cemented onto each tooth then there is a wire that goes in between the brackets. go to the orthodontist after you've lost all baby teeth. ask your friends what dr. they see that's the best recommendation word of mouth.
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Lots of fluid, water & orange juice.  No pop or sports drinks with sugar, etc.\nWe always go by the brat diet.  Bananas, rice, apple sauce and toast.  Chicken broth is also good or warm jello.\nHope you are feeling better soon!
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get invisaline..talk to ur dental person..or get braces again! :-D
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eat sunflower seeds because it distracts your mouth , i guess you could say. but you can also eat peanuts but its best if it is something that you can eat alot of without getting fat!!!!
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E-mail me I'll send you tons of recipes for good foods with-in your restrictions. Just make sure you repeat the question in the e-mail.
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hey, i had braces for 2.5 years.. ijust got them off earlier this year... those rubber bands are a pain... just take some aspirin... itll go away after a few days.. but the bad thing is that each time you get them adjusted... it will hurt for a day or two again... good luck, but keep your mind on the goal... beautiful teeth... well worth it!
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Braces hurt like heck! Take Tylonal or another pain killer, then chew gum while the medicine is in effect. You can also massage you gums by rubbing your cheeks/jaw with your fingertips in a gentle motion. Wax actually helps the wires from not poking your gum, but it doesn't help with the pain.