What do children need to pay attention to diet during orthodontic treatment

Dietary principles for the first time wearing orthodontic appliances

When wearing orthodontic appliances or wires for the first time, because the teeth are subjected to orthodontic force, from no force to a sudden state of force, most of the people will feel the pain, and they are reluctant to open their mouths, let alone to eat. Therefore, you should eat soft food for the first two or three days, which is thin rice, noodles and so on. Decide when you can resume eating rice according to your adaptation.

The usual food to avoid

①Too hard food: such as sugarcane, ribs, crabs, popsicles, etc.; ribs, chicken legs, beef jerky, snacks with nuclei and shells, etc., because eating this kind of food must spend a lot of effort to bite or chew, which will loosen the aligners, and also distort the orthodontic wire, affecting the teeth's movement.

② Too sticky food: such as maltose, rice cakes, glutinous rice products, chewing gum, glutinous rice products, milk sugar, etc., will be aligners and orthodontic wires sticking up and cause displacement.

③ High-sugar food: such as candy, cookies and other snacks, in order to avoid tooth decay, it is best to eat less during the orthodontic treatment. If you can't help but eat, you must brush your teeth immediately. Try not to drink beverages with high sugar content, such as Coke, Sprite, fruit juices, etc.

Foods to consume

1) Eat a balanced diet: Teeth move by absorption and deposition in the periodontal bone, and a balanced diet helps teeth move. If the nutrition is not balanced during the orthodontic treatment, the effect of the treatment will be carefully affected, so it is more important to pay attention to a balanced diet.

② Eat more vegetables and fruits: more vitamins can reduce mouth ulcers and xerostomia. Many people who wear orthodontic appliances are more prone to mouth ulcers or corns than ordinary people because of their reaction to the stimulation of orthodontic appliances. Therefore, you should be more conscious of getting enough vitamins, and diet is the easiest and most effective way to do this. Lemon, grape, strawberry, mango, watermelon, tomato, cantaloupe, asparagus, cauliflower, collard greens, spinach, potatoes and so on are rich in vitamin C, may wish to take more.

③ Chew slowly, cut small pieces: the principle of chewing teeth above the orthodontic appliances, anyone is very difficult to eat freely, so no matter what food, it is best to chew slowly, to avoid biting into the flesh of the teeth or make the orthodontic appliances loose. If you encounter the bite of food like apples, it is best to cut small pieces of food, in order to avoid biting off the aligners.