To ensure your comfort, and speed the healing process of your oral tissues: before, during and after endodontic surgery, please take the time to carefully read the following instructions and diligently carry them out.

Diet: A soft diet is recommended for approximately 2 weeks following surgery. Drink plenty of cold liquids. Do not use a straw. Nutritional supplements are recommended until you are back on your regular diet. These include: Carnation Instant Breakfast, Boost, and Ensure. Frequent small meals are better than a few large ones. Suggested soft foods from the different “Food Groups” and “Menu Suggestions” are listed below for your convenience.

• Vegetable/Fruit: mashed potatoes, cooked or canned vegetables, cooked or canned fruits, (particularly prunes if you are constipated) fruit juices such as apple and orange juice, and sherbet.

• Bread/Cereal: soft bread, macaroni, spaghetti, noodles, cooked breakfast cereals with milk.

• Milk/Cheese: milk, milkshakes, ice cream, cottage cheese, and yogurt.

• Meat/Poultry/Fish/Beans/Eggs: soft meatloaf, ground chicken or liver, eggs, eggnog, custard, tofu, tuna, salmon, beans, sautéed fish, and chowder.

Menu Suggestions:

Breakfast: Orange Juice, scrambled eggs, bread with butter, coffee (warm not hot,) prune juice, oatmeal and milk, poached eggs.

Lunch: Macaroni & cheese, soft-cooked carrots, ripe pear, Jell-O, tea or coffee (warm not hot,) tomato juice, ground turkey with gravy, jellied cranberries, applesauce, stuffing, milk.

Dinner: Strained cream soup, flaked haddock, baked potato, mashed squash, milk, tea, coffee (warm not hot); minced roast beef with gravy, tender asparagus, noodles with gravy and butter, tea or coffee (warm not hot.)

Avoid: Nuts, popcorn, chips, raw vegetables, or anything with seeds.