When you have braces, your are limited in the types of foods you can eat. However, you can still eat healthy by softening nutritious vegetables with a variety of ingredients in a large pot style meal.
This style of cooking can incorporate your favorite foods. Here, I will be using the follow ingredients:
Baby carrots (several large handfuls)
Skinless chicken drumsticks (3)
Whole kernel sweet corn (1 can, no salt added)
Russet potatoes (5)
Broccoli heads (few handfuls)
Yellow squash (1)
Rotini pasta
Liquid egg whites (16oz)
These ingredients were selected for their taste, consistency, and nutritional value. Read more…
Today I hit a major milestone in my orthodontic treatment and got my braces put on. The whole process took about two and a half hours. The pain level experienced was moderate discomfort. Here is a breakdown of the process of putting on my braces.
Removal of Spacers
Finally, I get to have these wretched things taken out! Even though they don’t cause as much pain as the couple days when I first had them put in, they have been a pain to have because I could not fully utilize my molars and they made my gums feel sore.
These were easily removed using what appeared to be tweezers. Painless removal.
