Tips and advice Brace-friendly eating and drinking It may be uncomfortable to eat hard foods during the first days after your braces are fitted or tightened. You’ll find soft foods much more manageable, but bear in mind that soft, sticky foods are more difficult to remove, prolonging the acid attacks that damage your teeth. Saliva rinses and neutralises acids but needs time to work. If you don’t give your mouth a break between meals, cavities will form. • Try to limit food and drink intakes to five a day (1) and avoid snacking between meals (2). • Drink water between meals and when you are thirsty. • Limit unnecessary sugar and restrict sugary snacks to one day a week. 1) 2)
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