Just had gum surgery? Here’s your post-op menu on what to eat and what to avoid!

🧊 Day 1-2: Stick to cold, soft things like ice cream, smoothies, and yogurt.

🥔 Days 3-7: Move to soft, room-temperature foods like mashed potatoes, scrambled eggs, and oatmeal.

Rule of thumb: If you can smash it with a fork, you can eat it. 🥕 Steamed carrot? Yes. Raw carrot? Not yet. ❌

Avoid foods that are crunchy, sticky, spicy, or have seeds or small particles (chips, sesame seeds, quinoa, popcorn). No alcohol, smoking, drinking from a straw, or chewing on the surgical site.