Eating these foods will loosen your braces, but you will not discover the problem until hours or days later.. Surprise!

Loose bands, broken wires, and detached bracktes cause a longer treatment.

• ICE... A thousand times NO. It will totally destroy your braces.
• PIZZA CRUST... The hard crust bends wires.
• HARD PRETZELS... Bends wires, loosens bands, knocks off brackets.
• DORITOS, TACOS, TOSTITOS, CHEETOS, FRITOS and the like... will form a hard ball and break your braces.
• CARAMEL CANDY, GUM OF ANY TYPE, STICKY CHEWY CANDY...Sticky goo which pulls off wires and feeds the bacteria in your mouth.
• HARD ROLLS, BAGELS... Bends the wire and knocks off brackets.
• BEEF JERKY, SLIM JIMS... Tough as nails.
• SUCKERS... You might weaken and bite.
• NUTS... No nuts of any kind.
• PENS and PENCILS... Favorite exam time food, breaks everything.
• POPCORN... The little shells get between the gum and band - hurts you like crazy.
• RAW CARROTS OR HARD VEGETABLES...Hard as rocks. Make sure you shred, slice, or dice.