Braces & Coffee

[mariahfromchicago]

ahhhh... having a double double now. It hasn't stained anything. But, I'm not much of a coffee drinker. I only have an occasional coffee (with 2 creams and 2 sugars because I don't like strong coffee)
- mariah

[joney]

Actually I must say that although I don't have ligs I do have four clear powerchains and until recently I had a powerchain across my top fronts (it is a wire powerchain now). They did stain a bit and I think I had the top ones for about 8 weeks and really they weren't too bad.

The way I look at it I consider my teeth a work in progress and they're never going to look all that great until I get the brace off, so if I did have ligs on each bracket I don't think staining would bother me too much. There is no point in making yourself miserable in the experience so I would say that if you enjoy a cup of tea or coffee then carry on enjoying it just do your best to give your teeth a really good clean once day.

[SnowSara]

A nice surprise for me at debanding today - the assistant was able to polish off my coffee stains with a special burr! She used one burr to grind away the extra glue, and used another smaller polishing burr to banish away my stains and leave my teeth shiny! I'm still going to do some whitening as well, but it was nice to leave the office with a fresh, stain-free mouth! I was so afraid of having white spots where my brackets were, but it was not the case!