"Arri London" > wrote in message
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> Cheryl wrote:
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>> On Mon 01 Nov 2010 09:50:28p, Arri London wrote in
>> rec.food.cooking >:
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>> > James Silverton wrote:
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>> >> Hello All!
>> >>
>> >> I don't eat most candy and, as usual, I only gave away about
>> >> 80% of the candy that I bought to feed the monsters. I wonder
>> >> what is the most responsible method to dispose of it? The
>> >> remnants are mostly taffy and chocolate, not artificially
>> >> "fruit" flavored stuff.
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>> > Sell it back to your local dentist. The sweets get sent to
>> > troops overseas. Your local TV stations should have listings of
>> > who is participating.
>> >
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>> Speaking of the local dentist, I had my ortho appt today and me and
>> the assistant were joking about the number of appts they get after
>> Halloween. Kids who've broken wires or brackets come in for fixes
>> in the highest numbers after halloween. I can see that.
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> Ouch! That can be a very expensive fix.

One orthodontist here is warning the kids with braces not to eat any sweets
of any kind. He says the teeth can more easily rot underneath the brackets.
I don't know if this is true or not. I had braces as an adult. I remember
being told not to chew gum. I can't remember if I could have popcorn or
not. I didn't really eat any sweets. So if that was mentioned, I didn't
pay attention.

I do remember that one of the worst foods for me to eat was a turkey
sandwich on white bread. I would get shreds of turkey and bits of bread
stuck in the brackets. I carried a toothbrush and paste in my purse so I
could brush after I ate. I was sooo happy to get those braces off.

I am also happy that at this point my daughter doesn't need them. But then
I didn't need them either until I was older. My teeth were fine until after
I had the wisdom teeth out. Then the top ones shifted just slightly.
Instead of having a slight gap between the front ones, they overlapped and
one tooth stuck back just slightly. Just enough to catch on my lower teeth
every now and again. That scraping noise was horrid as was the shuddering
pain.