Post LANAP Diet Recommended by Houston Cosmetic Dentists
For the first three days after Laser Therapy, Houston cosmetic dentists advise you to follow only a liquid- like diet to speed up healing. Anything that you can put in a blender and liquefy will work. In fact, liquefying some of your favorite foods is the ideal way to create a healthy and palatable post-LANAP diets.
The reason why Houston cosmetic dentists advise their patients to do this is to protect the clot that is acting as a “band-aid” between the gum and the teeth. We do not want you to drink through a straw, however. The suction of drinking through a straw will create a vacuum in your mouth that will disturb the “band-aid”. Just drink from a class, and be sure to also take daily vitamins.
For the following four days after LANAP treatment, you can begin to eat foods with a “mushy” consistency such as those listed below
Anything you can liquefy in a food blender
You can eat cream of wheat, oatmeal, malt o meal
You can have mashed potatoes or baked potatoes – ok with butter/sour cream
Mashed banana mashed avocado, applesauce or any mashed/blended fruit except berries with seeds are also healthy and safe food choices.
Broth or creamed soup is a good, nutritious, and liquid food choice.
Mashed, steamed vegetables are good for blood, tissue healing, and easy on the teeth.
Mashed yams, baked sweet potato or butternut squash are good sources of carbohydrates.
Cottage cheese cream or soft cheese are ideal snacks.
Creamy peanut butter without solid pieces is another ideal snack.
Eggs any style, with or without melted cheese are good protein sources.
Omelets can have cheese and avocado.
Jell-o, pudding, ice cream, yogurt are great desserts.
Milk shake/smoothies – ok to blend with fruit except no berries w/ seeds, along with Ensure, slim fast -nutritional drinks are great meal substitutes and taste great as well.
NEVER: Chew gum, candy, cookies, chips, nuts, anything hard or crunchy, anything that has seeds or hard pieces, meat that shreds and can lodge under the gum and between teeth, raw vegetables/salad.
After seven to ten days following LANAP, it is ok to start eating soft foods. These are foods that have the consistency of pasta, fish, chicken or steamed vegetables. You may then, under the supervision of your Houston cosmetic dentist, gradually ease back your regular diet choices.
Please remain aware of the fact that even 10 day after your LANAP procedure, your gums are not completely healed. You need to continue making smart food choices, and when in doubt, always err on the side of soft foods.
The reason why Houston cosmetic dentists advise their patients to do this is to protect the clot that is acting as a “band-aid” between the gum and the teeth. We do not want you to drink through a straw, however. The suction of drinking through a straw will create a vacuum in your mouth that will disturb the “band-aid”. Just drink from a class, and be sure to also take daily vitamins.
For the following four days after LANAP treatment, you can begin to eat foods with a “mushy” consistency such as those listed below
Anything you can liquefy in a food blender
You can eat cream of wheat, oatmeal, malt o meal
You can have mashed potatoes or baked potatoes – ok with butter/sour cream
Mashed banana mashed avocado, applesauce or any mashed/blended fruit except berries with seeds are also healthy and safe food choices.
Broth or creamed soup is a good, nutritious, and liquid food choice.
Mashed, steamed vegetables are good for blood, tissue healing, and easy on the teeth.
Mashed yams, baked sweet potato or butternut squash are good sources of carbohydrates.
Cottage cheese cream or soft cheese are ideal snacks.
Creamy peanut butter without solid pieces is another ideal snack.
Eggs any style, with or without melted cheese are good protein sources.
Omelets can have cheese and avocado.
Jell-o, pudding, ice cream, yogurt are great desserts.
Milk shake/smoothies – ok to blend with fruit except no berries w/ seeds, along with Ensure, slim fast -nutritional drinks are great meal substitutes and taste great as well.
NEVER: Chew gum, candy, cookies, chips, nuts, anything hard or crunchy, anything that has seeds or hard pieces, meat that shreds and can lodge under the gum and between teeth, raw vegetables/salad.
After seven to ten days following LANAP, it is ok to start eating soft foods. These are foods that have the consistency of pasta, fish, chicken or steamed vegetables. You may then, under the supervision of your Houston cosmetic dentist, gradually ease back your regular diet choices.
Please remain aware of the fact that even 10 day after your LANAP procedure, your gums are not completely healed. You need to continue making smart food choices, and when in doubt, always err on the side of soft foods.
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