Soft mushy foods after oral surgery

[TheHunterKid90]

Give me some ideas for post oral surgery foods! I’ve drank 2 quarts of bone broth and it’s currently 11pm and I’m making instant mashed potatoes.

I have extreme anxiety and fear of the dentist (as a kid anny dental work I had was SCARY and extremely painful and I thought that that was normal) and I’m very embarrassed to say I neglected my teeth until I had a tooth ache so bad I was blacking out in November.
Fast forward I’ve now had several fillings done and 2 root canals and a crown. The dentist I found is SO kind and extremely understanding of my anxiety and has done an amazing job of fixing my mouth without freaking me out. I’m now happy to go to my appointments and am so excited to have my mouth fixed.
I had 4 broken teeth that I had removed today in addition to all 4 wisdom teeth. I also chewed the crap out of my cheek, to say my mouth is wreck right now is putting it mildly.

So, any favorite foods and snacks that are friendly to the fact that I have 8 sets of stitches in my mouth and my face is starting to swell? I would be SO grateful!

[Larksmom]

that sounds so awful. I had two teeth pulled last fall and it was terrible. I would of course suggest broth, maybe peanut butter. Jello, and try several soups. There is a soup group on FB, they might have some suggestions.
Maybe something like cauliflower soup. Put that thru a blender?

[Scribbler]

All the soups and then smoothies with yogurt. I expect you feel fairly crappy in addition to the specific mouth pain so I would go bland and blender. Depending on how much energy you have, you might not want to be making soup from scratch. But things like squash soup and cauliflower soup and potato soup are all pureed and quite substantial. You can get these fresh made in some supermarkets.

You could also consider those Instant Breakfast shake powders if they still exist, or even those bottled meal replacement things for seniors. All kind of sugary for me but maybe just what you want right now. Or blend a banana and yogurt and sweetener if you want. Or just get yogurt with added sugar and fruit

I recall after oral surgery being told not to eat cold things, don’t know if that’s still a thing, if not ice cream for every meal would be fantastic

[Bluey]

If you can’t have cold, you can let ice cream melt and is still wonderful.

V-8 comes in several forms, original and I think even fruity.

[TheHunterKid90]

They didn’t tell me to avoid cold. I was shoveling ice cream down my gullet this afternoon while my whole face was still numb. Breyers Natural Vanilla. My secret guilty pleasure.

Thank you for the ideas!

[TheHunterKid90]

I made some pudding earlier. Waiting for it to cool. Cauliflower soup sounds lovely.

[Demerara_Stables]

Kodiak protein oatmeal would be my pick

[Red_Dust]

you can eat it warm. that was one of our favorite comfort foods as a kid. we put canned mandarin oranges in it, but apple sauce should work as well.
and good quality ice cream is nowhere near as bad as they try to tell us. It is quite nourishing.

Other than that, soup and a blender (AKA ‘boat motor’ the immersion blender famous chefs swear by) Cream of whatever you like, beans, peas, potatoes. Squash perhaps. Yogurts. Ensure type drinks, but after a couple of them I am done with them.
V8 is good, just omit the vodka and the celery.

Gratulations on fining a dentist you can trust. Teeth health is so important for the whole body!
This, too, shall pass!

[trubandloki]

I have never been told no cold with extractions.

My favorite is milk shakes. You have to make them a consistency that you can either drink them with out a straw or use a spoon (so either end of the thickness spectrum).

I also enjoy pea soup, or other soups of the same consistency. There are so many available at the store now (typically in the healthy food area).

Quick and pain free healing jingles!

[luvmyhackney]

I’m terrified of the dentist. I treat myself to butternut squash soup with loads of heavy cream and loads of rice pudding that has been cooked to mush,

[Janet]

A couple of years ago, my sister had major oral surgery, after being kicked in the face by one of her horses. Her jaw was wired shut, and, even after it was unwired, her mouth was VERY painful.

They make something we called “adult baby food” (but I think its real name is “adult pureed food”). It comes in pouches, in the supermarket, in more interesting flavors than baby food. The pouches make it easier to eat- you can squeeze it into your mouth, you do not need to suck through a straw, or open your mouth wide enough for a spoon…

You could try that.

[Aussie_2020]

A friend that just turned 82 had the rest of her teeth pulled in Nov. She’s still healing so continues to eat soft foods. That woman is a whiz with her blender/soup maker thingy. She dumps a bunch of veggies in, blends, then cooks. She also has another blender that she makes smoothies in. Smoothies in the morning and lots and lots of soup. When she needs to crunch, which of course is impossible, she gums shaved ice.

[f0rf31t]

When I had my wisdom teeth removed last year, before I went in for the procedure that morning I prepared a butternut squash soup that was ready to go when I got back. Just put the ingredients in the instantpot on slow cooker mode.

[MunchingonHay]

I think we are all on the same page when it comes to foods:
Soups (especially cream of… veg, creamy butternut squash)
mac and cheese is easy to eat,
puddings
stuffing mix (its soft)
ice cream (no popsicles, no sucking)
tuna fish (I like to food process my tuna or chicken for salads along with celery, garlic, mayo, and carrots, but maybe leave out the carrots for now) so its almost a paste.
mashed potatoes

The good news is that the mouth heals pretty quickly and you will go from these to less soft foods (pasta, chunky soups, etc) fairly quickly.

I am glad you took the time to fine a dentist that is kind and caring.

I had all four of my wisdom teeth pulled as an adult and I found that it healed and I was back on cooked foods pretty quickly.

Its surprising how mushy casseroles are, and if you use shredded chicken they are pretty easy to get down. (I use a stand mixer to shred cooked chicken breast, and if you go a bit longer, it will make it pretty fine)

[f0rf31t]

@MunchingonHay

The good news is that the mouth heals pretty quickly and you will go from these to less soft foods (pasta, chunky soups, etc) fairly quickly.

I 100% celebrated being able to eat crunchy foods again by ordering myself nachos from the Mexican restaurant near me.

[2DogsFarm]

I didn’t see this mentioned, but anything acid can dissolve stitches.
So no tomato soup or spaghetti sauce.
I found this out when I had wisdom teeth pulled, heard the “soft foods” advice, but missed the acid part. I had spaghetti for dinner, woke up with the pillowcase glued to my face with dried blood where stitches were compromised

When DH had teeth pulled for full dentures I put whatever I’d cooked in the blender for him.
Looked like catfood, but he was able to eat.

[ParadoxFarm]

Also, drink a LOT of water. This really does help you heal quickly. Swish gently.

[RMJacobs]

Congrats on finding a good dentist and getting the work done. I had a sadistic dentist as a child (“children can’t feel pain”), and had quite a dental phobia going. I finally had all my teeth pulled in 2009, and got dentures. I’ve been much happier, especially since getting the broken teeth out of my mouth. But consider me a bad example, and continue doing the work to keep your teeth. As easy as my dentures have been, it’s still a pain if I need to chew something during the night, and when they were new, I came close to losing the dentures in awkward circumstances (nearly dropped them in a lake).

Right after my teeth were pulled, I lived on soup, scrambled eggs and mac and cheese.

Rebecca

[LCDR]

Avoid anything with seeds - celery seeds, strawberry products and such. The seeds can lodge in extraction sites and cause foreign body reactions and delay healing. I have even seen seeds germinate and sprout up through gum tissue. The sprouts did die quickly though as there was no sunlight for photosynthesis.

[Scribbler]

@LCDR

Avoid anything with seeds - celery seeds, strawberry products and such. The seeds can lodge in extraction sites and cause foreign body reactions and delay healing. I have even seen seeds germinate and sprout up through gum tissue. The sprouts did die quickly though as there was no sunlight for photosynthesis.

No no just no. You have given me new ideas for nightmares

I bet flax would be awful, it sprouts in the drain in 2 days when I wash grain buckets.