Can you have sugar free gum when you have braces?!

Of course, I chew it all the time and I have braces,!. Nothing bad ever happened!. since its sugar free gum it doesn't stick like sugary gum to brackets!., speaking of which I just got a thicker wire on my bottom set and it hurts like HEC!.Www@Answer-Health@Com

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Well, it varies from dentist to dentist my dentist doesn't really care as long as I brush my teeth well 2 times a day!. I can eat candy and everything, sugar or no sugar!. The dentist is just worried that the sugar and junk will get stuck above the brackets, and it will be hard to get of, so then it will stay on your teeth and rot them!. So you have to be very careful when brushing!. I tend to stay away from hard candy because it can easily break a bracket of your tooth!. I have eaten before and nothings happened!. Sugar less gum is perfectly fine for anybody!. All my friends with braces are jealous because they can't eat that stuff, but really there is no difference between the healthiness of my teeth and my friends teeth, so brush your teeth well but don't eat more candy and sugar then you would normally!. But on the other side, it may be a good thing to cut out on all the sugar!Www@Answer-Health@Com

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I just asked my orthodontist this question last week because all I have been craving lately is gum -- they told me NO!. NO GUM WHATSOEVER!! Gum can break the wires off between the brackets and can even cause brackets to break or pop off!. I am in a thick wire too and was still advised against it!.!.!. it's too risky!.!.!. and if something were to break, I would then have to go in and get it fixed - further delaying my treatment!.Www@Answer-Health@Com

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!.!.!. u can have anything

dont listen to the dentist!. ive had anything i wanted and i go to my dentist and they say my braces are going as planned perfectly!

dont stress!Www@Answer-Health@Com

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i think you canWww@Answer-Health@Com

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