How to Cope with Twin Block Braces
Avoid sweet foods and drinks between meals., Avoid hard foods at first., Keep your braces in while eating, if possible., Practice speaking with your braces.
Step-by-Step Guide
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Step 1: Avoid sweet foods and drinks between meals.
The sugar in sweet foods and drinks, like candy or juice, can damage your teeth.
Since you should brush after each meal, it is alright to eat sweet foods during meals.
You should also avoid sticky treats, like toffee or chewing gum, which can damage the twin blocks., When you first receive your twin block braces, your mouth and jaw will be sore.
This discomfort will likely last for a few days and can be aggravated by eating hard or crunchy foods.
Stick to soft foods, like mashed potatoes or yogurt, until your discomfort goes away.
Colder drinks, like a smoothie, may help to soothe pain.Hard or crunchy foods, like popcorn, pretzels, or chips, can break and become lodged under your block braces.
You can either avoid these foods or only eat them when your block braces are taken out. , Ideally, you will feel comfortable eating and drinking with your braces in at all times.
The longer you are able to wear your braces for each day, the shorter your treatment time will be.
When you just receive your twin block braces, you can take them out to eat meals.
Over time, as you get more comfortable wearing the braces, try to keep them in while you eat meals.Keep them in a plastic box for safekeeping while you are eating if you need to take the braces out. , It is fairly common to notice differences in your speech while you’re wearing twin block braces.
Often, your speech patterns will go back to normal after a few weeks but you can speed up this process by practicing speaking with the braces in.
You may also produce more saliva than normal, though this will stop after a few days.
Read aloud while you’re at home and practice tongue twisters to get used to forming words with your braces in. “S” sounds tend to be the most affected, so practice tongue twisters like “She sells sea shells down the sea shore.” -
Step 2: Avoid hard foods at first.
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Step 3: Keep your braces in while eating
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Step 4: if possible.
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Step 5: Practice speaking with your braces.
Detailed Guide
The sugar in sweet foods and drinks, like candy or juice, can damage your teeth.
Since you should brush after each meal, it is alright to eat sweet foods during meals.
You should also avoid sticky treats, like toffee or chewing gum, which can damage the twin blocks., When you first receive your twin block braces, your mouth and jaw will be sore.
This discomfort will likely last for a few days and can be aggravated by eating hard or crunchy foods.
Stick to soft foods, like mashed potatoes or yogurt, until your discomfort goes away.
Colder drinks, like a smoothie, may help to soothe pain.Hard or crunchy foods, like popcorn, pretzels, or chips, can break and become lodged under your block braces.
You can either avoid these foods or only eat them when your block braces are taken out. , Ideally, you will feel comfortable eating and drinking with your braces in at all times.
The longer you are able to wear your braces for each day, the shorter your treatment time will be.
When you just receive your twin block braces, you can take them out to eat meals.
Over time, as you get more comfortable wearing the braces, try to keep them in while you eat meals.Keep them in a plastic box for safekeeping while you are eating if you need to take the braces out. , It is fairly common to notice differences in your speech while you’re wearing twin block braces.
Often, your speech patterns will go back to normal after a few weeks but you can speed up this process by practicing speaking with the braces in.
You may also produce more saliva than normal, though this will stop after a few days.
Read aloud while you’re at home and practice tongue twisters to get used to forming words with your braces in. “S” sounds tend to be the most affected, so practice tongue twisters like “She sells sea shells down the sea shore.”
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