Can you really not eat any popcorn if you have braces?
Hi, I am getting ready to get braces-- my orthodontist and i have not talked yet about what i can and can not eat. i obviously know no gum or taffy and things like that- but someone just said to me "too bad you cant have popcorn anymore once you get your braces." i am obsessedddddddddd with popcorn and am hoping i can still have it and not go 2 full years without it.
You can do anything you want to, but its not always a good idea . . . I had braces for three years and I ate popcorn all the time. As long as you don't eat the really hard kernels, or like a "half-popped piece" that's hard, then you're fine. I ate one once and it snapped one of my brackets off, so I had a loose piece of wire poking in my cheek for the weekend, because the ortho office wasn't open then. As long as you know that that could happen!