If you are an aligner patient you don’t need to change your eating habits as you can remove your aligners prior to eating. If you have braces you will need to avoid any hard, sticky, or sugary foods. Foods such as corn chips, lollies, hard chocolate, nuts, and ice can damage the braces. When pressure is put on one or two brackets it can produce enough force to break the glue holding the bracket to the tooth. A broken bracket usually requires an additional appointment to have the bracket reattached to the tooth. If a patient continues to have breakages, then treatment time may extend past the original estimate.
