Drinking Coffee with braces - teeth stains?

[rhibee83]

by the way in regards to the above posts, YES, I want to eat everything that I cannot eat and never really craved it before.

I would however really really like some nachos LOL stupid corn chips.

They put some oreo's out for afternoon tea yesterday with some chocolate covered scotch finger biscuits, i would of loved to of eaten some of those lol!

[Tobilei]

I eat oreo's, scotch fingers AND corn chips. Haven't had a problem with the corn chips (once any soreness wore off). Just have them in a couple of weeks when things are feeling better

[rhibee83]

I eat oreo's, scotch fingers AND corn chips. Haven't had a problem with the corn chips (once any soreness wore off). Just have them in a couple of weeks when things are feeling better

AWESOME!!!!!!!!!! hehehe

[Tobilei]

I eat oreo's, scotch fingers AND corn chips. Haven't had a problem with the corn chips (once any soreness wore off). Just have them in a couple of weeks when things are feeling better

AWESOME!!!!!!!!!! hehehe

Errm I probably shouldn't be though (I hope my ortho doesn't read this forum )

[rhibee83]

I eat oreo's, scotch fingers AND corn chips. Haven't had a problem with the corn chips (once any soreness wore off). Just have them in a couple of weeks when things are feeling better

AWESOME!!!!!!!!!! hehehe

Errm I probably shouldn't be though (I hope my ortho doesn't read this forum )

hahahaha!! i just tried to eat BREAD on my front teeth and there is no way i can do it. they are SOOO TENDER.. crazy tender..

[rhibee83]

I just had PANCAKES for breakfast!! hehehe

[Tobilei]

I just had PANCAKES for breakfast!! hehehe

YUM!!!!!!!!!!!! (Where's a drooling smiley when you ned one )

[lizart]

I just had my first dental check up / cleaning since braces (January 3rd). I am older - 50 next month, so my teeth are not quite as white as they were when I was younger.... however, I am a tea drinker (strong and black). My hygenist commented that it was the adhesive surrounding the brackets that was causing the stain, so she used a type of pumice to remove the stains before the actual cleaning. I must say my teeth look considerably whiter! I was impressed with this technique, plus my ortho recommended getting a cleaning every 3 months throughout treatment.

[rhibee83]

I just had my first dental check up / cleaning since braces (January 3rd). I am older - 50 next month, so my teeth are not quite as white as they were when I was younger.... however, I am a tea drinker (strong and black). My hygenist commented that it was the adhesive surrounding the brackets that was causing the stain, so she used a type of pumice to remove the stains before the actual cleaning. I must say my teeth look considerably whiter! I was impressed with this technique, plus my ortho recommended getting a cleaning every 3 months throughout treatment.

oh i never thought of that! i could get the coffee staining the glue they use to put the bracket on, not actually our teeth?

I am going to go and get a clean soon, thanks for your advice!

[thisgal201]

I haven't read through all the other replies, but I need my coffee everyday. This will sound silly but it works for me. You know those small coffee stirrer/straw things? I sip my coffee through that so I can direct it toward the back of my mouth. I usually drink 2-3 cups a day :)

[quentin]

I just had my first dental check up / cleaning since braces (January 3rd). I am older - 50 next month, so my teeth are not quite as white as they were when I was younger.... however, I am a tea drinker (strong and black). My hygenist commented that it was the adhesive surrounding the brackets that was causing the stain, so she used a type of pumice to remove the stains before the actual cleaning. I must say my teeth look considerably whiter! I was impressed with this technique, plus my ortho recommended getting a cleaning every 3 months throughout treatment.

oh i never thought of that! i could get the coffee staining the glue they use to put the bracket on, not actually our teeth?

I am going to go and get a clean soon, thanks for your advice!

From the research I did, it's the adhesive that's the most common culprit for the staining/yellowing, since ligs can be changed out, and for Damon Clears like mine, they really don't stain. So yeah, blame the glue!!

[sablequeenie]

I was soooo paranoid about this at first! I'm a specialty coffee (lattes, espresso etc) fanatic, so as painful as it was for me, I'd initially resolved to swear off all coffee when I got braces.

...Two months later that ship sailed lol.

24 months is my predicted treatment time, and I soon came to the conclusion I wasn't going to be miserable in braces and simultaneously go that long without my favorite vice. I only need to have a latte once a day and I'll be satisfied, and I haven't noticed any significant staining since going back to drinking them. I brush in the morning, then do an intense cleaning at night (brushing with Prevadent, flossing, brush in between teeth and around brackets with toothpasted proxyl brush, then waterpick with tube and brush attachments), and finally mouthwash so I think I'm doing what I have to do in covering the bases to make sure I don't have coffee stains when they come off. Ironically what I've noticed does cause slight staining to my ligs is various sauces; one month I had spaghetti every day for dinner for like, two weeks, and when I got my ligs changed at my next ortho appointment I did notice the effects, but not on my teeth.

Honestly by now I think if I keep it in moderation I should be okay. I bought whitening rinse and used it for a few months, but then read somewhere that that could risk making your teeth look weird when you get your braces off by the outsides looking whiter than the insides that were covered and decided I'd just wait until I was done with braces to think about whitening treatments.

Yay for caffeine!

[rhibee83]

I was soooo paranoid about this at first! I'm a specialty coffee (lattes, espresso etc) fanatic, so as painful as it was for me, I'd initially resolved to swear off all coffee when I got braces.

...Two months later that ship sailed lol.

24 months is my predicted treatment time, and I soon came to the conclusion I wasn't going to be miserable in braces and simultaneously go that long without my favorite vice. I only need to have a latte once a day and I'll be satisfied, and I haven't noticed any significant staining since going back to drinking them. I brush in the morning, then do an intense cleaning at night (brushing with Prevadent, flossing, brush in between teeth and around brackets with toothpasted proxyl brush, then waterpick with tube and brush attachments), and finally mouthwash so I think I'm doing what I have to do in covering the bases to make sure I don't have coffee stains when they come off. Ironically what I've noticed does cause slight staining to my ligs is various sauces; one month I had spaghetti every day for dinner for like, two weeks, and when I got my ligs changed at my next ortho appointment I did notice the effects, but not on my teeth.

Honestly by now I think if I keep it in moderation I should be okay. I bought whitening rinse and used it for a few months, but then read somewhere that that could risk making your teeth look weird when you get your braces off by the outsides looking whiter than the insides that were covered and decided I'd just wait until I was done with braces to think about whitening treatments.

Yay for caffeine!

YAY!! thank you Yes i have heard that you shouldnt use toothpaste or mouthwash etc with whitening in it as it can cause the outer part of the teeth to be whiter than the part under the bracket once braces are taken off. That would not be nice lol

I am still enjoying my one cappicino per day, with lunch, so I brush after, I am getting used to drinking it at lunch now seeing as I was a morning coffee person! and I as well do a massive clean before bed, waterpik, brush, floss, waterpik, mouthwash and then final brush with flouride toothpaste which I do not rinse out for it to work its full effect. OH THE JOYS! lol. Least we can enjoy our coffee! YAY! hehe

[fosterp]

I've had braces for three years and I drank coffee virtually every single day in braces. Usually I brushed shortly after coffee since I have it first thing in the morning.

I just got my bottom brackets off a few weeks ago and I have a slight outline on my bottom right canine. My theory is that my teeth were kind of stained before getting braces except my bottom right canine was so out of place it was probably a bit whiter than the rest of the teeth, so in the process of "catching up" with the other stained teeth, it stained around the bracket. Its very very slight though and you can only notice up close.

So either coffee didn't stain my teeth, or my teeth were already stained before braces. Either way I am due for a round of whitening very soon.

Whenever I had powerchains though, coffee would always stain them brownish. I got fed up and bought a huge pack of straws that I use now.