ORTHODONTIC TRIVIA
"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."
GENERAL INFORMATION
Orthodontic Diet Chart
Avoid chewing on pens, pencils and fingernails. Also do not eat the following foods:
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Sticky foods: |
Hard foods: |
Minimize sugar intake |
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Nuts
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Popcorn
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Hard candy
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Bagels
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Apples (unless cooked or cut)
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Pizza crusts
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Carrots (into small pieces)
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Hard pretzels
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Corn on the cob
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Jerky
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Ice
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Doritos
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Water crackers
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Bones (chicken,, beef etc.)
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Hard sweets
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Sugar cane
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Coconut drops
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June plums
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Peanuts
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Chocolate with nuts
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Pistachio nuts
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Cashew nuts
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- candy
- cookies
- cake
- ice cream
- foods with sugar
- pie
- soda
- drinks with sugar
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