NOT SURE WHICH CANDY YOU CAN EAT WITH BRACES? - READ THIS FIRST!
Halloween, Christmas, Easter, Valentines Day - there are plenty of holidays that involve candy! Our office gets LOTS of calls to fix broken brackets, Invisalign attachments, and appliances. The most common reason? Eating candy!
DON’T LET THIS BE YOU!
As a general rule: avoid any excessively sticky candy and anything with nuts! Use the following list as a guide when choosing which treats to snack on this season.
Enjoy to Your Heart’s Content:
Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups
M&M’s (Plain ONLY!)
Reese’s Pieces
Hershey’s
Crunch/Krackel
Peppermint Patty’s/Junior Mints
Candy Corn
Hershey’s Kisses (Plain ONLY!)
Only if you’re SUPER careful:
Kit Kat
Twix
Butterfinger
Licorice (as long as it’s soft)
Only if you want an extra visit to our office:
Snickers
Starburst
Skittles
Sour Patch Kids
Gummy Bears
Jolly Rancher
Milky Way
Milk Duds
Swedish Fish
Tootsie Rolls
Suckers
SweeTarts/Smarties
Baby Ruth
Almond Joy/Mounds
Laffy Taffy
Airheads
100 Grand Bars
Dots, Mike & Ike’s, Jelly Beans
Heath Bar
Nerd
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