The first weeks or months in braces can be frustrating because you can't eat some of the normal food you enjoy. And once your teeth stop hurting, the pain may return for a few days when you get an adjustment, putting you back
Soft Food Cookbooks
When your teeth hurt from dental braces, you can't necessarily use recipes from a regular cookbook. You probably already thought of making shakes or eating ice cream, soup, yogurt or applesauce. But your diet doesn't need to
Soft Food Suggestions by Meal Type
This is a list of soft foods by meal type, which might be helpful if your teeth hurt from braces and you’re just searching for ideas about what you can eat for breakfast, lunch, or dinner. Breakfast Scrambled eggs.
Soft Food Suggestions by Food Type
This is a list of soft foods by category, which might be helpful if your teeth hurt from braces and you're just searching for ideas about what you can eat. Dairy Smooth yogurt, or yogurt without a lot of chunks. You
Dental Braces 101 – Part 5: Impact On Your Self-Esteem
Impact On Your Self-Esteem How do you feel about yourself now that you have braces? Your feelings count! Adults: The Forgotten Audience Lots of brochures and websites are written for kids and teenagers who get braces.
Ouch! I Have A Canker Sore!
Canker sores. Everyone hates them. When you have braces, you hate them even more. Before we go into ways of treating canker sores, let's explore the reason we get them in the first place. Canker sores are the most common
About the TPA
Orthodontic Appliance
by ArchWired readers Macy in New Hampshire and Stacy in Ohio The TPA (Trans-Palatal Arch) is a thin wire that goes across the roof of the mouth from first molar to first molar. Most people get a TPA to maintain arch
Help! Did I Stain My Dental Braces?
One of the most common questions we get on ArchWire's Metal Mouth Forum involves brackets (particularly ceramic brackets) stained from foods, particularly curry. Relax, your brackets are NOT stained. The brackets themselves
All About Wilckodontics (AOO)
WilckodonticsTM – also known as Accelerated Osteogenic Orthodontics (AOO)TM – is a relatively new treatment in the orthodontic realm. It promises to radically shorten your time in braces with a dental surgical procedure. This