List of food that can discolour braces

[samoorelaw]

I'm surprised no one said mustard!

Um, I did.

[polishedprefect]

[quote="sirwired"]I had metal braces and silver ligs, and nothing stains those, but I do know that hot tea stained my teeth [i]horribly[/i]. I was horrified at what they looked like compared to the nice, white, "square" that was revealed during a bracket repo. The braces inhibit the natural "wiping" action of your lips, so the stain doesn't get wiped off. (In the same fashion that a mug you don't wipe gets tea-stained really easy.) I gave up tea entirely after that until the braces came off.[/quote]

I'm terrified of this happening to me! I'm a coffee drinker and am always swishing water around afterwards to accommodate the lack of "wiping," as you described. Perhaps I should give it up until the braces come off.

[mapleleafman888]

Yep, definitely agree about tomato sauce, especially for my power chain.

Yeah, sadly. Those grey power chains us damon wearers are given stain really bad...my first one turned bright yellowish green after 6 weeks so I requested a dark blue chain and the assistant reluctantly gave me one. Now they know I want the blue so I'm in my 2nd blue chain, they like to snap at the very back though.

The most staining things for me have been:

curry based foods
tomato sauce
mustard

[SkyWolf]

Only two foods I ate in the entire time I had braces changed the colors of my ligs which were baby pink and baby blue. That was mustard and baby carrots. Though for the record I did tend to prefer bright and darker colors.

[currystained]

Curry *snort*

[ItsFreyja]

What about beer? Do brown ales stain? I'm genuinely curious (getting braced next week).

[aspiromusings]

I have damon q clear braces and absolutely nothing stains them period, at least nothing I've consumed thus far i.e. coffee, tea, curries etc

think its got to do with the fact that I have no ligatures

[Loislane]

Bless this thread. I am basically surviving on complan. Kill me now!

[EmilyTravels]

I have damon q clear braces and absolutely nothing stains them period, at least nothing I've consumed thus far i.e. coffee, tea, curries etc

think its got to do with the fact that I have no ligatures

Ditto! I have eaten pretty much everything, including blueberries, curry, red wine, etc. No staining of my ceramic brackets (on top). It's the ligatures that stain, not the brackets. One advantage of self-ligating brackets...though the pain at wire changes is a big downside for me (and is covered in a different thread).

[Emscrowding]

Will primarily drinking through a straw help reduce staining? My ortho office recommended using pearl blue ligs with my ceramic braces because they stain less noticeably.

[assertives]

Will primarily drinking through a straw help reduce staining? My ortho office recommended using pearl blue ligs with my ceramic braces because they stain less noticeably.

Yes, drinking with a straw helps to bypass the front of your teeth thus reducing the chance at staining. Staining on the pearl blue will definitely look less obvious than the clear ones.

I didn't really bother take precautions to prevent staining cos I kinda felt if I was going eat/drink something that is likely to stain, I might as well own it and let the staining be even. It would really look odd if some parts stain and others don't.

[GemmaRVN]

[quote=homegrown post_id=454896 time=1407661926 user_id=23638]
Good thread!

Just a quick tip. If im at home, i will have tea/coffee with a straw, thus bypassing all the front teeth ensuring no risk of staining. I also think that tea is low risk for staining, provided it has milk in it and you have some water to swish around your mouth after a cup.

Another one to add is curry.....sadly :(
[/quote]

This is a great tip. I’ve been thinking how I would survive without cups of tea but a straw is the answer ! :)

[ReaJT]

I really wish I'd given this more consideration before I got my ceramic braces. I am constantly worried about what is going to stain the clear ligatures and clear powerchain. I sometimes think self ligating braces might have been a better choice for me...

I had a sweet and sour from the Chinese takeaway the other night and now they look decidedly yellow. I am getting pretty bored of avoiding tomato sauces, curry, soy sauce, gravy, etc. I never thought I'd see the day I was bored of creamy pasta sauces but its fast approaching. I'm also going for a Chinese meal this weekend and have resigned myself to the fact in going to have to have dry chicken fried rice. If I wasn't going on holiday in a couple of weeks I wouldn't be worrying so much but I don't want a big yellow grin in all the pictures.

Last time I was in I asked my ortho if I could get wire ties but he said no.

If I get my powerchain off the next time I am thinking of getting coloured bands. I am going to Turkey on holiday in a couple of months and want to be able to eat whatever I want without worrying I'll have a yellow smile throughout the holiday. Figuring starting with it bright pink or blue would look less silly but then I'm 32 years old. They are so discreet when the bands have just been changed it seems stupid to put coloured bands on them.

Anyone got any experience with bright pink bands? Do they change colour? I think that might be my next choice!

[stellamaris]

Do you guys think carrot soup would stain braces? I was thinking I would make a batch of that to have on hand right off the bat, but now I'm wondering if it's just asking for trouble.

[gira23]

[quote=stellamaris post_id=500959 time=1521155868 user_id=31562]
Do you guys think carrot soup would stain braces? I was thinking I would make a batch of that to have on hand right off the bat, but now I'm wondering if it's just asking for trouble.
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I love carrot-ginger soup and ate it frequently when I had braces. It didn't stain them, but I see someone posted earlier in the thread that baby carrots caused staining for them!