Sweets To Avoid This Halloween With Braces
With Halloween just around the corner, now is the time to think about how to approach Halloween treats with braces. Here is a guide on what sweets you should avoid this Halloween with braces.
Chewy Candy
Candies like caramel, taffy, gummy bears, and toffee are a definite no-go for people with braces. These treats are extremely sticky and can get stuck in the brackets and wires of your braces, making it difficult to clean properly.
Hard Candies
Hard candies like jawbreakers or even lollipops can be damaging to braces as biting down on these hard treats can break or dislodge the brackets and wires.
Certain Chocolate Bars
While plain chocolate bars like Dairy Milk are safe, you should avoid any chocolate bar that contains a sticky filling (like Caramilk or Crunchie) or one that has nuts in it.
Bubblegum
Any type of chewing gum or bubblegum is to be avoided if you have braces. Its stickiness can damage the wires and brackets of your braces.
Crunchy Snacks
Crunchy snacks like popcorn or hard pretzels can bend or break your braces, so they are best to be avoided.
Candy Apples
While candy apples are tasty, they are a tough treat to try to enjoy when you have braces. Not only can the candy coating get stuck in your braces, making them hard to clean, but it can actually damage parts of your braces.
While these are some of the treats you should avoid this Halloween, there are plenty of sweets out there you can indulge in like chocolate bars (without nuts), soft cookies, cheese puffs, plain M&Ms, Resse’s pieces or Reese’s peanut butter cups, regular apples, or even crackers.
Have a Happy and Healthy Halloween!