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.

Applesauce
Avocado
Baby food
Baked beans
Banana
Blended soups
Bread pudding
Cheese
Cheesecake - This is a super delicious option but be sure to eat it in moderation since it's packed with sugar.
Chocolate mousse
Cottage cheese
Creamed corn
Creamed spinach
Cream of wheat
Custard
Eggnog
Fruit smoothies
Fruit yogurt
Gelatin
Grated apple
Guacamole
Hominy
Hot cereal
Hummingbird cake
Ice cream
Instant oatmeal
Jell-O
Lentils
Mango sorbet
Mashed banana
Mashed potatoes
Mashed sweet potatoes
Meatloaf
Milkshakes
Minced meat
Noodle soup
Omelette
Pancakes
Pasta
Peaches
Pears
Pie filling
Pineapple
Plums
Polenta
Pudding
Pumpkin pie
Pureed vegetables
Quiche
Rice
Rice pudding
Risotto
Scrambled eggs
Shepherd's pie
Sherbet
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
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
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.
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
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.
Soft granola bars
Soft meatballs
Soft pretzels
Soft tofu
Sorbet
Soup - Any kind will do as long as it doesn't have hard crackers or croutons.
Spaghetti
Steamed vegetables
Stewed fruit
Strawberries
Tapioca pudding
Thinly sliced deli meat
Tomato soup
Tortellini
Vanilla pudding
Vegetable puree
Watermelon
Whipped cream
Yogurt
Zucchini bread
Cream cheese
Macaroni and cheese
Fruit cocktail
Soft cereal with milk
Soft fish
Potato salad
Soft chicken salad
Egg salad
Refried beans
Mashed cauliflower
Split pea soup
Smooth nut butter
Buttermilk pancakes
French toast
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
Canned fruit
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.

Written by Matt Irving, founder of Fueling Food, LLC a vending machine company specializing in low cost, tasty, and sometimes healthy food and beverages.

Posted by: Matt Irving on 05/07/2023

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