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| ORTHODONTIC
DIET CHART |
| DO NOT EAT THE FOLLOWING FOODS |
| STICKY FOODS: |
- Gum (sugarless or otherwise)
- Caramels
- Chewy Candy
- Starburst
- Carameled apples
- Snickers
- licorice
- Toffee
- O'Henry
- Tootsie Rolls
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| HARD FOODS |
- Nuts
- Popcorn
- Hard candy
- Bagels
- Apples (unless cooked or cut)
- Pizza crusts
- Carrots (into small pieces)
- Hard pretzels
- Corn on the cob
- Jerky
- Ice
- Doritos
- Water crackers
- Bones (chicken,, beef etc.)
- Hard sweets
- Sugar cane
- Coconut drops
- June plums
- Peanuts
- Chocolate with nuts
- Pistachio nuts
- Cashew nuts
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| MINIMIZE SUGAR
INTAKE |
- candy
- cookies
- cake
- ice cream
- foods with sugar
- pie
- soda
- drinks with sugar
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| AVOID CHEWING ON PENS, PENCILS, FINGERNAILS |
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| ORTHODONTIC TRIVIA |
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| If you are right handed, you will tend to chew your food on the right side of your mouth. If you are left handed, you will tend to chew your food on the left side. |
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