Best Food to Eat While Wearing Braces

Are you wearing braces or are you considering the prospect of wearing them? Then, there are a few things you might want to know about your diet while you are using them. Knowing what foods you can and cannot consume while using braces will help you achieve the optimum results after your orthodontic treatment has been done. Your primary concern while using braces should be preventing damage to the archwires, bands and brackets, and keeping your teeth free from tooth decay.

When you initially get your braces on, they may feel a bit inconvenient and you might feel some pain in your mouth. Your mouth may not feel good while eating as it may not be ready for the pressures of chewing for a few days. During this period, a diet of softer foods is good for the mouth as they will greatly reduce tooth soreness experienced while chewing.

Are you aware of what you can and cannot eat with braces? One of the simplest indicators of whether or not a certain food is fine is how much damage it can potentially cause to the braces. Broken or otherwise damaged braces can prolong the duration of the treatment and the time it takes before you can take them off completely. Some foods have a greater potential for damaging the braces than others.

Food that is hard and crunchy can potentially harm your braces. Such foods need to be cut into small pieces before they are consumed or better still, completely avoided. Avoid fruit like apples, chocolates, sweets like chikki and laddu, chewing gum or bubble gum, popcorn, toast, potato chips, ice, nuts, pizza, candy, coconut, friednamkeenand hard or fried non-vegetarian food.

You should not consume anything for an hour after the fitting of the braces. After that, eat something cold and soft for the day. From the next day onwards, regular food items like roti, bread, rice, vegetables, dal, curries, juices, curds, etc. can be consumed. Anything that is soft in texture or can be separated into small units is okay. Sticky foods are probably not a good idea, but can be eaten if they are consumed carefully under inspection. And try to avoid using your front teeth to bite on the food and try to utilize your back teeth as much as possible.

So, with the proper information about the dental treatment and proper care about  your diet, you can achieve the best results from the use of braces!

Bleeding gums: latest treatment

Gum disease is due to infection of tissue and bone surrounding the tooth. The infection is mostly caused due to improper dental care. Gum disease is known as Gingivitis, when it is very mild infection with symptoms - gums becoming red, bleeding in the gums, and swollen gums. The plaque formed due to infection has to be removed by proper oral cleaning- regular brushing and flossing. If this is not done and treated in time it will affect the gum tissue deeper forming packets around the tooth which affects the bone supporting the tooth. This leads to loosening of tooth. Cleaning of the plaque from the affected region also becomes difficult as it will not be visible to clean with instruments. The deeper regions can be cleaned only after surgery to remove the gum tissue opening the pockets formed due to Gingivitis. This stage of the Gingivitis when severe is called Periodontitis.

Openings of the gums had been the only way to treat the Periodontitis. This procedure called periodontal surgery .The modern and the most advanced laser treatment from Dentist & Dontist Dental Clinic is painless and effective. Lasers directly focus light on the affected gum tissue in the deep pockets. Lasers remove the damaged tissue and kill the bacteria residing in the affected gum tissue. Thin layer of bacterial residual is thoroughly removed so that the healing process is quicker with bio-compatible environment in the treated part. Lasers has proven ability to close the open blood vessels and cells resulting in reduced swelling and less postoperative discomfort. In fact this treatment activates local blood circulation also enhancing the speed of recovery. There is no pain or trauma during the treatment or after. Laser treatment for gums is safe and also healing of the soft gum-tissue is faster.

 

We at Dentist & Dontist Dental Clinic give special care appropriate treatment for Gum disease patients on evaluation of the condition of the affected Gums. We initiate non-surgical treatment which includes scaling, careful root cleaning of root surface removing the plaque/tartar. Our doctors are highly skilled and well trained and administer laser treatment to supplement manual treatment