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Title: Eating or drinking while wearing headgear
Post by: Ingo on 18. April 2007, 10:23:55 AM
Did you ever see someone eating or drinking while wearing headgear?
Title: Re: Eating or drinking while wearing headgear
Post by: bykjsn on 20. April 2007, 04:30:14 AM
Yes. A boy about 12 years old at a mall food court. He was wearing a cervical headgear. He ate his entire meal - sandwich, fries and a drink - wearing the headgear. I was really surprised that he could bite off pieces of the sandwich while wearing his headgear. He just pushed the sandwich under his facebow and bit off a piece.
Title: Re: Eating or drinking while wearing headgear
Post by: phate on 10. June 2007, 04:31:43 AM
I've never seen anyone eating.
Drinking yes.

I used to wear a cervical headgear when I was younger, but I never had any meal with it
Title: Re: Eating or drinking while wearing headgear
Post by: braceface17 on 04. October 2007, 05:09:08 AM
I once seen a younger boy when I was on vacation with a high pull headgear. He was drinking a can of pop, but not eating anything that I could see
Title: Re: Eating or drinking while wearing headgear
Post by: gjnijenhuis on 14. December 2007, 17:46:10 PM
Drinking is often done, mostly using a straw or something because drinking from a glass is not that easy with a facebow protuding from your face.

Eating is absolutely possible but not very practical because all kind of stuff gets stuck between your teeth and the facebow, that's why you don't see it.

(Of course if someone wears a headgear-activator combination both eating and drinking are practically impossible ;) )
Title: Re: Eating or drinking while wearing headgear
Post by: Cath on 22. December 2007, 20:34:47 PM
I used to eat with mine in. And drink, but it was near to impossible without a straw.
Title: Re: Eating or drinking while wearing headgear
Post by: lolwakefield on 18. January 2009, 19:21:17 PM
I had my headgear wired in (yes...it actually does happen) for 18 months and i managed everything as normal...it's not as hard as it seems...It hurts like hell though...I had High-Pull with a cervical neck strap but it went too far and i ended up with Reverse-Pull headgear which is like really hard to eat with!!!
Title: Re: Eating or drinking while wearing headgear
Post by: Cervical on 23. January 2009, 22:00:33 PM
How could you get your headgear wired in?  ???
Title: Re: Eating or drinking while wearing headgear
Post by: pi314phi18 on 23. May 2020, 03:06:46 AM
I saw a boy drinking water in the Santiago's Way with headgear (cervical) and activator. He had some troubles to did that
Title: Re: Eating or drinking while wearing headgear
Post by: amlligm on 23. May 2020, 03:07:33 AM
I don't think I have ever seen this in public.
Title: Re: Eating or drinking while wearing headgear
Post by: surfreak on 23. May 2020, 08:09:04 AM
I wear my headgear with my modified twinblock from the shop and I always drink water with my headgear in.
If you practice a bit you can manage it without spilling too much.
Eating yoghurt or soft ice is also no problem.
Chewing is impossible with plastic covered teeth from the twinblock.
Title: Re: Eating or drinking while wearing headgear
Post by: bugbathe43 on 26. May 2020, 22:30:04 PM
I always would eat and drink with my headgear on.
Title: Re: Eating or drinking while wearing headgear
Post by: Qwertj on 11. September 2021, 22:33:18 PM
Is that hard or awkward or difficult to eat with it on?
Title: Re: Eating or drinking while wearing headgear
Post by: bugbathe43 on 13. September 2021, 18:41:09 PM
I got braces put back on April 6 and was fitted with a headgear again, I always eat and drink with it on.
Title: Re: Eating or drinking while wearing headgear
Post by: Bracesbrace on 27. September 2021, 04:51:08 AM
I once saw a child with a face mask in a pizzeria, his mother asked if he could eat with the appliance on, and they said doubtfully yes, unfortunately I had to go at that time :(