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What can't you eat with braces?

I am a 20 year old guy and I just got my braces on last Thursday. What can't you eat with braces?

3 Answers

Two basic rules, no really hard crunchy stuff or really sticky gooey stuff
Anything similar to biting into a raw carrot. As your teeth pass through it, the bracket can be loosened from the tooth.
i would avoid hard pretzels, hard candy crunching and other similar items. Sometimes sticky things like caramel apples and taffy can pull small brackets loose. when in doubt....keep it out.