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I'm lucky in that I don't eat a lot of food to begin with so I haven't had to sacrifice a lot... BUT I do miss being able to bite into food with my front teeth...I still can't do it
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Ceramic top braces: January 9th, 2006
Metal bottom braces: May 1st, 2006
I don't do the jelly part, but I lived off of peanut butter sandwiches for the first month after braces because you don't really have to chew on them! I found that if I brushed my teeth after eating them I was able to get all of it out.
Don't have braces yet, (I will on Tuesday!) but spacers make my teeth just as sore.
I wanted so badly to chomp into a Tootsie Roll today but it was just too hard and sticky for my teeth. Also, I miss biting into apples and corn on the cob.
I'm not braced yet but I'm with florencegal I love a nice baguette at lunchtime. I also love seeded bread, seeds generally and peanuts. When my eldest daughter had her brace taken off she wanted to celebrate by eating a really crusty baguette!
I hear that! Any time I go to a movie I smell that popcorn and want it bad...even though I never liked it much before. You always want what you can't have, I guess.
Oh well, instead of popcorn I have junior mints, which taste good too!