Dental implants are the long-term solution that allows you to eat, speak, and smile a bit like you’d with a natural full set of teeth. One of the main benefits of dental implants is having the ability to eat all of your favourite foods with zero pain. However, to urge them to the exciting stage of your implant journey, it’s important to follow our post-procedure food guidelines. It’s our goal to assist your implant success with a cushty and speedy recovery.
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Can I Eat Immediately After Implant Surgery?
About an hour after implant surgery, you’ll remove the gauze sponges that are placed in your mouth and have something to eat.
24-48 Hours Post-Op: Cool diet
Here are some general guidelines on what you’ll and can’t consume immediately following your implant procedure:
- For the primary 24 to 48 hours, consume only cool liquids.
- Avoid hot foods and drinks for several hours after surgery.
- Do not drink through a straw or use a bottle that needs suctions for a minimum of 2 weeks.
- To suit your “Week One” dietary guidelines that our care team provides.
Following these precautions will give your mouth a far better chance to heal properly.
For the primary three months of implant healing, you’ll be on a soft diet. During this point, your dental implants are integrating, and you’re wearing a short-lived prosthesis that’s not meant to chew hard or crunchy foods.
Not sure what a soft diet entails?
No worries! Our dental care team will provide an inventory of food recommendations and be available to answer any questions you’ll have.
What Foods are you able to Eat After Implant Surgery?
Here is a list of foods you ought to eat after your implant surgery:
Fruits and Vegetables
- Soft fruits like bananas, mangos, peaches, and pears (avoid fruits with seeds, like raspberries, strawberries, etc.)
- Apple sauce
- Steamed veggies
Meats and Other Protein Sources
- Boiled fish
- Soups with small soft pieces of vegetables and meat
- Tofu
Bread, Pasta, or Rice
- Soft loaves of bread
- Waffles
- Pancakes
- Muffins
- Spaghetti, macaroni, rice pasta
- Cooked, refined cereals, like cream of rice, oatmeal, grits, or farina (cream of wheat)
Other Soft Foods
- Pudding
- Yoghurt
- Oatmeal
- Mashed potatoes
- Ice cream
- Applesauce
- Cottage cheese
- Scrambled eggs
What Foods Should I Avoid Eating After Implant Surgery?
Here are some foods you ought to avoid eating after your implant surgery:
- Chips
- Crusty bread
- Corn on the cob
- Granola
- Gum
- Hard candy
- Pizza (crust)
- Raw apples and vegetables
- Sub sandwiches
- Steaming, hot foods
After your implant procedure, you’ll be anxiously excited to start out eating your favourite meals again, but it’s so important to eat the right foods during each healing stage. Your long-term implant success depends on it!
Once your jaw has fully healed, you’ll receive your permanent prosthesis, also referred to as a ‘definitive,’ and you’ll be ready to eat anything you’d like. Craving steak, corn on the cob, or apples? These foods are going to be easy and enjoyable to consume with dental implants from Dental Curve!
When it comes to dental care, everyone deserves the quality treatment that helps them meet the ever-changing necessities. Dental Curve centralizes the latest technologies and modern techniques to provide the most excellent aesthetic and restorative dentistry across India. We are equipped with dental professionals who are highly proficient, accomplished, and always alert to their patients’ requirements and well-being. We are devoted to acquiring smiles that are not only impressive and natural in appearance, but lasting and comfortable as well.
