How To Eat With Braces Elastics. Just once an elastic broke. Try to eat softer foods to prevent spacers to fall off.
I feel as though i talk with a lisp because of it, well not so much a lisp but some sort of hiss or impediment. Take a look and make sure you avoid these. Oh, one other thing about the elastics is that the combined forced of all 3 elastics actually closes my mouth and makes it hard for me to keep it open, even while talking.
Eat steamed or cooked vegetables to make them softer.
Pain with your braces deserves some nice sweet treats and there are some options on the table that won’t aggravate your braces or cause issues. Rubber bands, also called elastics, are used with braces to apply additional force to certain areas of your mouth. Here is the list of foods you can't eat with braces. Elastics, or rubber bands, are one of the most common appliances used during treatment with braces.