Brace Place Forty Fort

08/28/2026

Here are some lunch ideas that are easy to eat with braces
🥣 Mac and cheese with soft-cooked vegetables
🍳 Scrambled eggs with avocado and soft toast
🍝 Pasta with marinara or Alfredo sauce
🌯 Soft tortilla wrap with shredded chicken, avocado, and cheese
🥔 Baked potato with cheese and sour cream
🍚 Rice bowl with tender chicken, beans, and cooked veggies
🥗 Soft pasta salad (avoid crunchy raw vegetables)
🥪 Soft bread sandwich with tuna, egg salad, or chicken salad
🍲 Soup with soft noodles, potatoes, or shredded chicken
🥞 Pancakes with yogurt and soft fruit

Braces tip: Avoid hard, crunchy, sticky, or very chewy foods—like popcorn, nuts, raw carrots, hard chips, and chewy candy—especially if your braces are newly tightened.

08/24/2026

Wishing all our amazing patients a happy and successful school year! 📚🦷 Keep smiling, be confident, and remember to take great care of those beautiful smiles. Here’s to a year filled with learning, laughter, and lots of reasons to smile! ✨🎒

08/21/2026

Back-to-School Brace-Friendly Recipe:
Berry Yogurt Parfait 🫐🦷
Ingredients
1 cup Greek or regular yogurt
½ cup soft berries, mashed or finely chopped
1–2 tsp honey
¼ tsp cinnamon, optional
Soft banana slices, optional
Directions
Add yogurt to a cup or container.
Layer in the soft berries and banana.
Drizzle with honey.
Chill and pack for an easy after-school snack!
Orthodontic tip: Choose soft foods and avoid hard, sticky, or crunchy toppings that can damage braces. 😁🎒
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🎒✨ Back-to-school snack alert! This berry yogurt parfait is easy, delicious, and brace-friendly! 🦷💙

08/13/2026

Here’s a delicious brace friendly dinner recipe!

🍗 Creamy Chicken & Rice Skillet
Ingredients
1 lb boneless, skinless chicken breast or thighs
1 cup white rice
2 cups low-sodium chicken broth
1 cup frozen peas and carrots
½ cup cream cheese, softened
½ cup shredded mozzarella
1 tsp garlic powder
½ tsp Italian seasoning
Salt and pepper to taste
1 tbsp olive oil
Directions
Cut the chicken into very small pieces.
Heat olive oil in a large skillet. Cook chicken with garlic powder and Italian seasoning until fully cooked.
Add rice and chicken broth. Bring to a boil, then cover and simmer about 15–18 minutes, until the rice is very soft.
Stir in the frozen vegetables and cook another 3–4 minutes.
Turn heat to low and mix in cream cheese and mozzarella until creamy.
Add a little extra broth or milk if you want it softer and easier to eat.
Braces tip: Let it cool slightly and make sure the chicken and vegetables are very tender. Avoid crunchy toppings, nuts, hard vegetables, or anything sticky.
Easy swap: Use rotisserie chicken shredded very finely instead of cooking raw chicken.

08/10/2026

Fun Fact of the Day!

Braces are ancient! Archaeologists have found evidence that ancient Egyptians used catgut (animal tissue) to help straighten teeth.

07/29/2026

Brace Place Joke of the Day!
Q: What do you call a bear with no teeth?
A: A gummy bear!

07/23/2026

Braces-Friendly Frozen Lemonade 🍋

Ingredients
1 cup freshly squeezed lemon juice
½ cup sugar or honey
1 cup cold water
2–3 cups crushed ice
Optional: ¼ cup plain Greek yogurt or vanilla yogurt for a creamier texture
Directions
Stir the lemon juice, sugar, and water until the sugar dissolves.
Add the mixture to a blender with the crushed ice.
Blend until completely smooth, with no large ice pieces remaining.
If you'd like it creamier, blend in the yogurt for 10–15 seconds.
Serve immediately with a straw to minimize contact with your braces.
Braces-Friendly Tips
Blend thoroughly so there are no crunchy ice chunks.
Avoid chewing the ice.
Skip hard garnishes like candied lemon peel.
Rinse your mouth with water afterward if the lemonade is sweet, since sugary, acidic drinks can increase the risk of plaque buildup around braces.

07/20/2026

Brace Place Fact of the Day!

Braces do more than straighten teeth. They can improve bite alignment, chewing, speech, and make teeth easier to clean.

07/16/2026

04/13/2026

Brace Place Fun Fact of the Day!

The word “orthodontics” comes from Greek—“ortho” meaning straight and “odons” meaning tooth. So orthodontists are literally “straight-tooth specialists.”