While you are wearing braces, please avoid eating hard foods, sticky foods but include quitting bad habits, such as fingernail biting, pencil and pen chewing and chewing on foreign objects as they can damage and get caught in the wires and brackets. Minimizing the amount of sugary foods you eat will reduce your risk of tooth decay and other related problems. -Click here for short video of what foods to avoid while in treatment- It's important to regularly check your braces for bent or loose wires and brackets. If you have a loose/broken wire or bracket, please call our office immediately to arrange a repair appointment. Examples of Sticky Foods to Avoid: Gum (sugar-free or regular) Liquorice Sour Kids Fuzzy peaches Swedish Berries Toffee Tootsie Rolls Caramels Starburst Examples of Hard Foods to Avoid: Ice Nuts French bread crust/rolls Corn on the cob Apples and carrots (unless cut into small pieces) Bagels Jolly Ranchers Skittles Pizza crust Uncooked carrots (unless cut) Minimize Sugary Foods like: Cake Ice Cream Cookies Pie Candy Only Once a Day: Soda Sweetened tea Gatorade Kool-Aid Drinks with sugar