can i chew gum with braces and if yes, what types?

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Answer 1

No: You are going to break the braces or get the gun stuck in them. Take care of your teeth. Braces are a big investment appreciate this and take care of those teeth

Answer 2

Gum and Braces?: I would always defer to your treating orthodontists. However, I do not personally recommend my patients to chew gum. It gets stuck in the brackets and can cause the brackets to break. Sorry, but I know that is NOT the answer you wanted.

Answer 3

No: Gum and braces just don't function well together and your treatment will progress better if you refrain from using it.

Answer 4

Helps with balance: It stands for standing, walking and sitting hip orthosis. It can be used with cerebral palsy patients to help stretch the hip adductor muscles, improve sitting and standing posture and decrease scissoring of the legs during gait.

Answer 5

Yes: If you're talking about the kind of braces on your teeth, then you might want to consider wearing a mouth guard while you're playing to protect your lips and teeth. If you're talking about an ankle or knee brace, these are commonly worn by soccer players for various injuries.

Answer 6

Braces: Yes, you can play sports with braces but be sure to wear a mouth guard.

Answer 7

Absolutely: However, the periodontal disease must be treated and brought under control and the plan must be closely coordinated and supervised between the orthodontist and the periodontist.

Answer 8

Yes.: Before an orthodontist will place brackets or other types of orthodontic appliances, they will make sure that you are keeping your teeth clean, you have good gum health (even though you have had periodontal disease in the past), and make sure you no longer have active periodontal disease. Sometimes a referral to a periodontist for an evaluation is necessary prior to starting braces.

Answer 9

Take note: If your braces are "breaking" once a month, just consider what you are eating or doing that is causing this to happen. It can only benefit you to be very careful to eat only the right foods and to really care for your teeth. Having a loose bracket once a month can really slow your treatment down, which i know you don't want to happen! :) good luck!

Answer 10

Unusal : That sounds like an unusual amount of breakage. Ask your dentist what they attribute this to.

Answer 11

Check our diet: Most braces breakage is caused by hard, sticky, or chewy foods. Sometimes breakage is caused by destructive habits, sometimes by the location of the braces on the teeth, and sometimes by playing contact sports and not wearing a special orthodontic mouthguard. Ask your orthodontist for help.

Answer 12

Change something: Broken braces once a month is unusual and usually related to your eating habits. Your orthodontic office has reviewed "the food list " with you. Foods on that list are prone to damaging your braces which leads to longer treatment time and possible increased fees. Be careful of what you are eating. Occasionally the arrangement of teeth will conflict with your braces, ask your orthodontist.

Answer 13

They aren't.: Orthodontic costs have actually gone down since the early part of the 20th century when they became available. Since the 70's, orthodontic care has not kept up with the cost of living index. Having any service done has a value attached to it. I would hope that having braces and treatment done correctly by a trained individual would be worth the fee you agree to pay for the service.

Answer 14

Braces: Inflation, material costs, cost of living meaning we have to pay our staff more. In fact, everything has become more expensive and will continue to do so.

Answer 15

They are NOT: When my father practiced orthodontics, in the 1940's 50's and later, he would tell patients that treatment costs about what a new car cost. Do the math... The cost of even a modest car is 10 or more times the cost of braces.

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