When wearing braces or other types of orthodontics, not all foods are good because they can damage the braces and affect the tooth or the treatment itself.
The food recommendations are given by the dentist, so it is important to follow his indications to the letter, but as a preview, here are some of the foods that are ideal.
Those to be avoided in the first instance are chewing gum and candy, ripe fruits with stones, nuts or fibrous meat. The reason is that in addition to the expected damage, they greatly impair oral hygiene.
Toasted bread, crackers or snacks are added to the list, as they are foods that adhere to the dental apparatus or have a high propensity to remain in the nooks and crannies of teeth and molars, making them very difficult to remove.
In any case, the use of fluoride-rich mouthwash is important to remove food residues from between the teeth after brushing. But one study found that 53% of adults in Spain do not brush their teeth after every meal, that 34% do not use dental floss and that 68% never use an irrigator.
