Best Soft Foods To Eat After Dental Surgery

Best Soft Foods to Eat After Oral Surgery

Dental surgery sucks. It's a process that's wrought with pain both during and after your procedure. To make matters worse, you probably can't eat any of the delicious foods you normally enjoy.

This is due to the sensitivity of your teeth and gums restricting you to soft food after oral surgery exclusively. This means no more peanuts or Panda Express for a little while.

But all is not lost, however. There are a ton of soft foods out there that'll get you through your post-surgery baby food phase. Here are 100 delicious options.

1. Applesauce
2. Avocado
3. Baby food
4. Baked beans
5. Banana
6. Blended soups
7. Bread pudding
8. Cheese
9. Cheesecake - This is a super delicious option but be sure to eat it in moderation since it's packed with sugar.
10. Chocolate mousse
11. Cottage cheese
12. Creamed corn
13. Creamed spinach
14. Cream of wheat
15. Custard
16. Eggnog
17. Fruit smoothies
18. Fruit yogurt
19. Gelatin
20. Grated apple
21. Guacamole
22. Hominy
23. Hot cereal
24. Hummingbird cake
25. Ice cream
26. Instant oatmeal
27. Jell-O
28. Lentils
29. Mango sorbet
30. Mashed banana
31. Mashed potatoes
32. Mashed sweet potatoes
33. Meatloaf
34. Milkshakes
35. Minced meat
36. Noodle soup
37. Omelette
38. Pancakes
39. Pasta
40. Peaches
41. Pears
42. Pie filling
43. Pineapple
44. Plums
45. Polenta
46. Pudding
47. Pumpkin pie
48. Pureed vegetables
49. Quiche
50. Rice
51. Rice pudding
52. Risotto
53. Scrambled eggs
54. Shepherd's pie
55. Sherbet
56. Soft bread - These are great examples. White bread, brioche, challah, milk bread, potato bread, Hawaiian rolls, dinner rolls, soft flour tortillas, ciabatta, pita bread, naan, focaccia, pull-apart bread, panettone, croissants, pain de mie
57. Soft cheeses - Here are some tasty ones: Brie, Camembert, cream cheese, Roquefort, Gorgonzola, Gouda, Havarti, Monterey Jack, mozzarella, muenster, Neufchâtel, Port Salut, queso blanco, queso de bola, queso fresco, Reblochon, Saint-Nectaire, Taleggio, triple crème cheese, blue cheese, ricotta, mascarpone
58. Soft cookies - Subway and Whole Foods sells some pretty soft ones. Just be sure to get them fresh otherwise, they'll be as hard as hockey pucks.
59. Soft crackers - Give these a shot: Club crackers, Ritz crackers, water crackers, saltine crackers, Town House crackers, buttery round crackers, oyster crackers, Keebler Munch 'Ems, Sociables crackers, graham crackers, Carr's Table Water Crackers, Breton crackers, Jatz crackers, Royal Lunch Milk Crackers, digestive biscuits
60. Soft fruits - Try these: Bananas, ripe peaches, ripe pears, ripe apricots, ripe plums, ripe nectarines, ripe papaya, ripe mangoes, ripe avocado, ripe kiwi, ripe cherries, seedless grapes, grapefruit sections without membranes, ripe strawberries, ripe raspberries, ripe blueberries, blackberries, figs, melon, and canned fruit. Be careful with the canned fruit, as they are probably jam-packed with preservatives.
61. Soft granola bars
62. Soft meatballs
63. Soft pretzels
64. Soft tofu
65. Sorbet
66. Soup - Any kind will do as long as it doesn't have hard crackers or croutons.
67. Spaghetti
68. Steamed vegetables
69. Stewed fruit
70. Strawberries
71. Tapioca pudding
72. Thinly sliced deli meat
73. Tomato soup
74. Tortellini
75. Vanilla pudding
76. Vegetable puree
77. Watermelon
78. Whipped cream
79. Yogurt
80. Zucchini bread
81. Cream cheese
82. Macaroni and cheese
83. Fruit cocktail
84. Soft cereal with milk
85. Soft fish
86. Potato salad
87. Soft chicken salad
88. Egg salad
89. Refried beans
90. Mashed cauliflower
91. Split pea soup
92. Smooth nut butter
93. Buttermilk pancakes
94. French toast
95. Soft pastries - These are as soft as they are tasty: Eclairs, cream puffs, Danish pastries, bear claws, napoleons, palmiers, pain au chocolat, choux a la creme, croissants, brioche, cinnamon rolls, turnovers, apple strudel, baklava, rugelach, caneles, kouign-amann, profiteroles, Stollen, Madeleines, mille-feuille, doughnuts, scones
96. Canned fruit
97. Smoothies with protein powder

Give one of these foods a try on your road to recovery. Once you've bounced back, check out my favorite gas station pizzas.