EXAMPLES of HARD FOODS to AVOID EXAMPLES of FOODS to MODIFY  Candy

WHAT TO EAT AND NOT TO EAT A QUICK REFERENCE GUIDE FOR DR. TSINTOLAS’ PATIENTS

EXAMPLES OF HARD FOODS TO AVOID EXAMPLES OF FOODS TO MODIFY  candy ...... Lifesavers | lollipops | blowpops  chewable vitamins, Tums ...... crush before eating candy bars | chocolate bars  apples, carrots, celery, pickles ...... cut into small pieces  nuts ...... whole nuts | crushed nuts | sliced nuts  fruit with pits ...... remove pit and cut fruit sunflower seeds | pumpkin seeds  meat on bones ...... cut meat from bones  dehydrated foods ...... Slim Jims | beef jerky  meat on skewers ...... remove skewer, cut meat dried fruit | dried vegetables  bagels, chewy bread/rolls, English muffins ...... cut up  salad toppings ...... croutons | bacon bits  pizza ...... remove crust and cut up  popcorn ...... freshly popped popcorn |  corn-on-the-cob ...... cut corn from the cob movie popcorn | packaged popcorn  big sandwiches, subs, Hot Pockets ..... cut into small pieces Cracker Jack | flavored popcorn  hamburgers, hotdogs ...... cut into small pieces  hard french fries  bread/rolls with hard crust, pizza ...... remove crust  crackers ...... saltines | Goldfish | Lunchables  crunchy snack items ...... potato chips EXAMPLES OF HABITS TO AVOID pretzels | Cheetos | Doritos  pencil/pen/toy biting and chewing  fingernail biting and chewing nachos | rice cakes  taco shells FOOD SUGGESTIONS  pizza crust, hard bread crust  soft fresh fruit, cut up fruit, canned fruit, applesauce  frozen items ...... ice cubes | crushed ice  string cheese and other soft cheeses popsicles | creamsicles  soft flour tacos ice cream cookie sandwiches  bread and rolls with soft crust ice cream cones | ice cream sandwiches  dry cereal soaked and softened in milk ice cream topped with nuts or candy  oatmeal ice cream with nuts or candy mixed in  pancakes, french toast  dry breakfast cereal  eggs  granola ...... granola | granola cereal | granola bars  pasta  trail mix  soft rice  Pop-Tarts  ground meat  cookies ...... hard cookies | firm cookies  soft chicken, bones removed crunchy cookies | cookies with nuts  lunch meats cookies with candy pieces  fish and crab cakes  burnt, hard cheese on top of food ...... pizza  mashed potatoes, soft cooked vegetables lasagna | mac & cheese  soup [with or without soaked and softened crackers]  crunchy, hard rice or noodles  cakes, cupcakes [without nuts and candy pieces]  Twinkies, HoHos  muffins [without nuts and candy pieces] EXAMPLES OF STICKY FOODS TO AVOID  soft brownies [without nuts and candy pieces]  candy ...... taffy | caramel | gummy bears  pudding, yogurt, Jell-O fruit roll-ups | Tootsie Rolls | Skittles  ice cream in a bowl [without nuts or candy] Starburst | candy bars | Jolly Ranchers  milkshakes  gum ...... regular gum | bubble gum | sugar-free gum  soft pretzels  gummy ...... gummy vitamins | candy  soft batch cookies [without nuts or candy]

RULES OF THUMB

Don’t take bites out of food Hard, crunchy, crispy, Popcorn is notorious! with your front teeth- cut tough, and chewy foods Hard kernels damage Sticky foods loosen bands, food into manageable break brackets off teeth, braces. Hulls slip under bend wires, and get stuck pieces and chew on back loosen bands, bend wires, the gum, nestle in, & hide! all over brackets, bands, teeth. and Orthodontic patients wires, and [Sandwiches, apples, etc.] damage appliances. can develop a gum appliances. infection!