Is it okay for a braceface to eat sugar? (1 Viewer)

[Plodygon]

I've had braces for a little over a year now, and I was wondering if any others have had dentists who have said sugar is completely off limits. See, a lot of my family and friends, who also have braces, say that their dentists allow them to eat sugar. My dentist said I'm not allowed to listen to anyone who says sugar won't damage braces, because they are wrong. Whoops..

Oh, and for the record, I don't actually not eat sugar. I actually eat it now more than ever... you know, the forbidden fruit syndrome.

 

[lpodnano]

Lol, i eat sugar, my dentist doesn't mind. But I know now not to eat apples (although i still do). Apples broke my wire once.

 

[danal353]

all the people i've ever known who've had braces could eat sugar... i think it's just particular types of food (e.g. apples from previous post) that you can't eat

 

[Uncle]

you would like to feed the bacterias that thriving on the sugars.
the only pretty lollipop loving girls are the fake ones in story books spend time in fantasy land.
real loppipop loving girls spend time at waiting area at dentist.

 

[Plodygon]

Yeah, whenever I eat an apple I have to cut it up into little pieces. Quite annoying. It's interesting about how lots of other people with braces eat sugar, too. Perhaps my dentist is merely paranoid.

 

[babikakez]

Maybe the issue isn't that you have braces, but that sugar is bad for your teeth in general?

 

[Plodygon]

Maybe the issue isn't that you have braces, but that sugar is bad for your teeth in general?

Lol, that's a theory.

 

[katie tully]

What does he mean by sugar?

Like, raw sugar? Because I mean, unless you live off celery, there is no way you can avoid sugar.

 

[i.am.amanda]

Pfft, I ate everything with my braces. My orthodontist tried to convince me that Mars bars were off limits...um, no.

Btw my teeth turned out fine lol.

 

[Plodygon]

Really? Hmm, that's odd.

By sugar he means like chocolate, lollies... basically foods with lots of artificial sugar in them.

 

[annabackwards]

My orthodontist didn't say anything at all and i ate whatever i felt like, including chewing gum, lollies, chocolate etc etc

 

[Miz Janani]

My orthodontist said that eating anything hard/chewy (apples, lollipops, bubblegum) would ruin my braces.

But major tip:

NEVER EAT BUBBLEGUM/CHEWWY IF YOU ARE WEARING A RETAINER

I had to learn that the hard way

 

[Plodygon]

My orthodontist said that eating anything hard/chewy (apples, lollipops, bubblegum) would ruin my braces.

But major tip:

NEVER EAT BUBBLEGUM/CHEWWY IF YOU ARE WEARING A RETAINER

I had to learn that the hard way

Lol. I'll take your word for it.