You can eat most of the good things that you eat now. However, hard, sticky, crunchy foods should be avoided because they may stick to the brackets and pull them off your teeth. In addition, the sugar can get around behind the braces and cause cavities. Foods which should be avoided include :

• Minties and Toffee
• Caramels such as fantales
• Lollies
• Licorice
• Popcorn
• Peanuts
• Ice
• Corn chips
• French bread sticks, bread crusts or hard rolls
• Whole apples or carrots (cut them into pieces first)
• Corn on the cob (cut the corn off the cob before eating)