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Introduction
Need ideas for meals with braces? Here’s just a few to get you started. After getting braces, discomfort usually goes away after the first week. But, what you eat can really make a difference in the adjustment time and for the entire time you have braces. Certain foods can help with discomfort because heat and cold help loosen up the ligaments. Be sure to have a Harp Orthodontic Flosser on hand to floss easily after your meal! The Harp massages the gums and cleans food debris easily away, even ‘way back there’ to the molars. It’s so easy for anyone with braces during the adjustment period to not feel like flossing and skip it. But not flossing can lead to serious health issues later in life but also upcoming white spots on teeth, or even gingival hyperplasia. Not fun. Ever. It’s always a good time to floss fast & easy after you eat.
Here’s a few of our favorites:
Anytime
- Oatmeal with cinnamon/apple pie filling mixed in (its soft)
- Crispy Rice Cereal with yogurt on top – it softens the cereal
- Smoothies (of course) Any Flavor Any time but watch the sugar content by size
- Pancakes!
- Scrambled eggs with milk to make them fluffy
- Crème of Wheat or any hot cereal
- Natural Fruit Popsicles, Juice Pops, or Frozen Banana
Lunch/Snack
- Mac and Cheese
- Muffins without fruit or nuts
- Cold Pasta Salad with Shredded Chicken
- Tuna Salad
- Soups with soft grilled cheese sandwich
- Mash potatoes
- Pudding or Frozen Dessert or Sorbet
- Watermelon
- Hummus or other bean dips (eat with a spoon instead of dipping crackers or raw veggies until your mouth feels better)
- Ramen noodles
- Couscous
Dinner
- Butternut or Spaghetti Squash Sides
- Baked Potato Double Baked – Whipped
- Chili or Soup
- Small Pasta Bow Tie (its thinner) with pureed veggies in the sauce and lean finely chopped ground beef
- Grilled or baked soft white fish with apple sauce and mash potatoes
- Ground Chicken with Butternut squash
- Sweet Potato baked with brown sugar and butter melted, then fluff!
- Refried Beans Burrito with Soft Shell and Salsa
- Stir-fry Veggies, very soft with Pasta with Red or White Sauce
Have a Question for Dr. Larry Caldwell, Inventor of The Harp Flosser and Fast & Easy Flossing? Simply Reply to this email or call us! 800-495-2783 or info@harpflosser.com