I just had all my upper teeth pulled in prep for implants. I Don’t want to live on Cream of Wheat, Broth, and Mashed potatoes for the next 3 weeks while this heals. I get temp dentures in 3 weeks. I need some bone grafts still in preparation for the implants.
I had a ton of dental work (just got over dry socket, do NOT recommend) and for me it was soup 100%. Here in the US at Publix and some Krogers is a brand of soup called Imagine, and there’s a potato and Leek soup that is absolutely a puree and I have been living on it so much my pee smelled like leeks the other day.
It’s insanely overpriced though…
What I’m saying is, you’ve got a lot of options here, but I’m in camp soup. Remember to be careful with stuff like chicken, which can become little bits that get in your sockets. Maybe stick to broth with egg noodles boiled in.
…I’m gonna have that tomorrow.
Cream of Rice, soup, and mashed sweet potatoes.
Smoothies, just blend up whatever you can find and you got yourself a meal.
Serious answer: when my sister had jaw surgery, the simply threw stuff in the blender. Make pasta sauce, add pasta, throw in blender. You’ll feel like an old person for a few weeks, but you’ll be fed.
Even more serious answer: what do your medical peoples say about this?
Don’t ask the Internet!!!
Talk to your oral surgeon. This is part of what they’re there for.
No no…ask the internet. It’s funnier this way!
OP…have you ever eaten a whole bottle of ketchup in one go?
I hear ranch or mayo from the bottle is nutritious
Does this imply mayo from another source isn’t nutritious? Is canned mayo worse?!
Wasn’t necessarily thinking about the container, but I do hear they got drinkable mayo now coming out in Japan
Oh lawd.
Seriously, nothing bad about getting other opinions. Internet is just people. Well, not anymore (AI), but it probably doesn’t apply to Lemmy much.
Cream of Wheat, Broth, and Mashed potatoes was the answer I already got genius.
Then cream of wheat, broth, and mashed potatoes shall you eat. Did your surgeon say if you’ll be able to use sauces and spices? If so, a little tiny bit of olive oil followed by some garlic powder and maybe a drizzle of BBQ sauce in the mashed potatoes makes them to down a lot easier (gravy likewise if that’s allowed). Heavy whipping cream in vegetable or chicken broth along with some miscellaneous spices like Italian seasoning, garlic and onion powder, pepper, etc. will surely make it less healthy but could make it a bit tastier. Cream of wheat can have some pumpkin spice in it and maybe a drizzle of maple syrup (the real stuff).
That being said, do absolutely none of what I’ve just said unless your oral surgeon advises you that you can. I would check any notes the surgeon might’ve given you and call their office to see if maybe this is something the receptionist would know. If not and you’re not able to communicate with the surgeon directly, then be conservative: this is your health. If anything, you can rationalize it as a way to get even more out of food once your new implants are here!
Like other commenters have suggested too, if you call their offices, I would ask about meal replacement shakes. The plant-based ones I drink on occasion have 32g of protein, and they have a good flavor and texture and make me feel full for a pretty long while.
Well, then there’s your answer. Go ahead and ignore it. It’s your mouth. Show that oral surgeon they aren’t the boss of you!
I’m pretty sure those were given as examples and not an exhaustive list.
Yoghurt with berries can be a good option if the berries are soft, so stewing strawberries and pears can work well.
Gnocchi can be slightly overcooked and can be dimply pressed against the roof of the mouth, no chewing needed.
Protein shakes are awesome, add a little heavy cream and they are filling and tasty.
Congee (essentially thick rice soup) is great, it has very soft meat with no chewing needed and lots of flavour and texture depending on what you add.
Lots of French desserts are good like Crème Brulé, along with things like custard, mousse, and even sticky date pudding. The chewing is optional, the tongue is more than strong enough for these, and adding something like cream can help them smooth out and soften a bit.
Egg in various forms including egg drop soup, boiled egg mashed in a cup with butter, and added raw to rice while the rice is very hot can make for some easy but delicious options.
I don’t think this works for you but when I got a root canal I made a grilled cheese and cut it up into cubes. Then threw it into tomato soup and ate the soggy cheese bites in sauce. It was delicious.
Track your macros, get some WPC and make peanut butter+banana+WPC milkshakes.
Savoury dishes will be limited to noodles – from experience.
Yeah for real track your stuff.
Its really easy to eat too much on a “liquid” diet because they arent as filling. But peanut butter, banana, vanilla powder and a slug of caramel syrup…Id drink that just because.
I’ve used this app before and I really like it and I’d recommend it to everybody in this thread:
Soup?
There’s a world of soup, so many flavours and ingredients.
For right now? Ice cream. No, seriously. Ice cream will help cool down the injured area and improve healing.
If you want flavor, you should be able to take most foods and puree them in a food processor or blender.
For myself, one of the keys was to have a variety of flavors at a variety of temperatures - nothing too hot at first, though! Cold things like ice cream, cool things like V8 or cottage cheese or tuna salad, room temperature stuff like bananas and spoonfuls of peanut butter and jelly, warm stuff like scrambled eggs and refried beans. Have mashed potatoes, sure, but you can pour gravy over it!
I see a lot of other suggestions, but how about applesauce?
Also, if you’re not good at making your own broth, you can always get a strainer and strain the solids out of say a can of soup.
Or throw the can of soup into a blender
Soylent, Huel, and other meal replacement drinks.
Modern meal replacements aren’t like slimfast or ensure. They are designed using more modern nutrition science.
It’s available and ready to drink bottles, or in powders you mix.
Baked beans might also work. If you cook them long enough they get super tender. But that might not be good if you’re not allowed to put any pressure at all on your gums.
Sushi?
Ice cream, soup (add crackers and let them soften, if you want), possibly noodles.
One snack food you can eat without chewing, goldfish crackers. One or two at a time, just let them soak up saliva in your mouth and soften before swallowing.
Certain hard candy, as long as you don’t suck on them too hard. Think peppermints, something that’ll make you salivate (which will help it dissolve without having to suck on it too aggressively – you do not want dry socket). Also, any other soft candy that’ll dissolve, like York peppermint patties, might be okay.
Central American style beans are black pureed beans. Go to your local mercado to find some.
