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How to Eat Properly After Clear Aligner Treatment

Date:2021-02-24 21:49:05
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How to eat properly after Clear Aligner treatment? Many people have various dental issues in their daily lives. Thanks to the advancement of orthodontic technology, most dental problems can now be resolved. It is well known that Clear Aligner treatment will inevitably affect your normal eating habits, so patients need to pay extra attention. So, how should you eat properly after Clear Aligner treatment? Since your teeth are under orthodontic force, transitioning from no force to sudden force, most people will experience some discomfort. Dr.Clear Aligner recommends that patients eat soft foods like porridge or noodles after treatment.

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　　1. Dietary Guidelines After Clear Aligner Treatment:

　　During orthodontic treatment, in addition to following your doctor's instructions, you should also take good care of the aligners on your teeth. Patients should avoid eating large pieces of food—for example, cut apples into small slices before eating—to prevent damaging the aligner attachments due to improper eating, ensuring the entire treatment process goes smoothly. Avoid hard foods such as bones, crab, and nuts.

　　Patients should reduce the intake of snacks and candies, especially chewing gum, as gum sticks to the aligners and is difficult to remove. For teenagers undergoing orthodontic treatment, parents should encourage their children to follow the doctor's advice, attend regular check-ups, have wires adjusted, and wear rubber bands as instructed. Meat should be cut into small pieces with a knife or torn by hand, or shelled before eating—never bite or tear directly with your teeth. Soybeans contain 367 mg of calcium and 571 mg of phosphorus per 100 grams. Pork ribs are rich in calcium. Additionally, soybeans and pork ribs are packed with protein, various vitamins, and other nutrients. This dish is highly nutritious and beneficial for dental health. Dendrobium can nourish the stomach and kidneys, promoting body fluids and clearing heat; green tea strengthens the spleen, clears stomach and kidney heat, and aids digestion. Together, they help whiten and strengthen teeth. This combination is suitable for those experiencing irritability, thirst, bad breath, bleeding gums, or ulcers caused by stomach yin deficiency or kidney yin deficiency.

　　2. Foods to Avoid After Clear Aligner Treatment:

　　1. Ice cubes—the number one enemy of aligners.

　　2. Never bite into crab, chicken legs, or bones directly; tear the meat off instead.

　　3. Candies such as fruit drops, mints, bubble gum, Skittles, gummy candies, and glutinous rice candies.

　　4. All glutinous rice products and sticky foods, such as glutinous rice cakes.

　　5. Hard bread, flatbreads, and snacks like thick pizza crusts, hard whole wheat bread, nuts, etc.

　　6. Foreign objects such as pens, pencils, fingernails, and straws.

　　7. Popcorn kernels can get stuck in the aligners and cause gum infections.

　　8. Sugary drinks and carbonated beverages contain phosphoric acid, which can cause enamel staining and cavities.

　　The above is Dr.Clear Aligner's detailed introduction to "How to Eat Properly After Clear Aligner Treatment." We hope this helps. Clear Aligner treatment significantly impacts your diet, so to ensure the best treatment results, avoid eating hard foods.


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