Most Difficult Foods to Eat

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furious george
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Re: Most Difficult Foods to Eat

#46 Post by furious george »

Pretty much everything jams up in my braces really good so I don't avoid too much except for really hard foods. Mostly I just carry brushpicks and deal with it.

I will say that I have to eat sushi with a knife and a fork and the results aren't pretty, and curry or Indian food totally wrecks my powerchains.
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Re: Most Difficult Foods to Eat

#47 Post by Dee17 »

Rice is a disaster for me, too. So no more sushi for me until I get my braces off :cry:
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Re: Most Difficult Foods to Eat

#48 Post by Tobilei »

furious george wrote:Pretty much everything jams up in my braces really good
I'm finding this too. If it goes in, unless it's liquid, it's going to get stuck. Especially in the molars (I think I have a small power chain between my molars on each side and it's so hard to get stuff out of).
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Re: Most Difficult Foods to Eat

#49 Post by plugnickel69 »

I find that pad thai requires requires quite a bit of tidying up afterward, but I love it so much it's usually worth the effort as long as I can get to a toothbrush relatively quickly.
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Re: Most Difficult Foods to Eat

#50 Post by linakhan988 »

[quote="DenverDeutsch"]I agree! I think spinach is the worst! Gets caught up & spun around my wire![/quote]
no no i don't think so that spinach is not worst. i usually east spinach daily basis.
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Re: Most Difficult Foods to Eat

#51 Post by belenov »

any salad greenery takes a mirror to remove and check but I really hate how noodles snake along and wrap themselves around wires and brackets
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Re: Most Difficult Foods to Eat

#52 Post by SmilinginCO »

For me it's been sandwiches!! Not only are my front teeth too sensitive, it is SO messy in my hardware!! Lunches out to my favorite sandwich shop are now soup lunches. Ahh but the straight teeth will be worth it!!

I have found a lot of the same foods being tough but my water pik is a lifesaver! Not sure what I would do without it. I have the portable one and the counter one. I pretty much eat most things. I did break a bracket eating a cookie, so I've given those unlessmtheynare really soft.
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#53 Post by Tobilei »

Mango and mince have recently been added to my list. Love that mince requires minimal chewing but oh the drama of attempting to remove it all from between the brackets!!
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#54 Post by Dee17 »

Seeing this comment, Tobilei, makes me very glad that I don't like either of those things!
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Re: Most Difficult Foods to Eat

#55 Post by Ellabelle »

I'm using this thread to make a shopping list of things to enjoy these last brace-free days!!!
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Re: Most Difficult Foods to Eat

#56 Post by Tobilei »

Ellabelle wrote:I'm using this thread to make a shopping list of things to enjoy these last brace-free days!!!
Good idea! Definitely eat a sandwich and enjoy the fact that the bread doesn't turn into glue on your brackets :P

And an ice block! Have one of those and pay attention to the fact that you can bite into it instead of having to just suck on it!
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Re: Most Difficult Foods to Eat

#57 Post by Jerseygirl »

Bagels - too chewy, could easily break something and take forever to eat carefully. So I don't bother.

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Re: Most Difficult Foods to Eat

#58 Post by Ellabelle »

Tobilei wrote:
Ellabelle wrote:I'm using this thread to make a shopping list of things to enjoy these last brace-free days!!!
Good idea! Definitely eat a sandwich and enjoy the fact that the bread doesn't turn into glue on your brackets :P

And an ice block! Have one of those and pay attention to the fact that you can bite into it instead of having to just suck on it!

Thanks for the advice! Man I love a good sandwich. I better get a bunch in this week! (forced) Diet starts the 8th!!

Ice block=ice cube???
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30withbraces
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Re: Most Difficult Foods to Eat

#59 Post by 30withbraces »

I find fruit like blueberries and cherries are a pain to get out of my teeth, The skin wraps around the wires like sticky take and literally need to be pulled out with a tooth pick. I love them but they drive me crazy!!
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Re: Most Difficult Foods to Eat

#60 Post by TMJJill »

30withbraces wrote:I find fruit like blueberries and cherries are a pain to get out of my teeth, The skin wraps around the wires like sticky take and literally need to be pulled out with a tooth pick. I love them but they drive me crazy!!
I have the same problem. Anything with skins like that gets caught around the wires.
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