POST LANAP DIET INSTRUCTIONS

● The first three days following Laser Therapy, follow only a liquid like diet to allow healing.  Anything that could be put into a blender to drink is ideal.  The purpose of this is to protect the clot that is acting as a “band aid” between the gum and the teeth.  DO NOT drink through a straw, as this creates a vacuum in your mouth that can disturb the “band aid”.  Take daily vitamins.

● Next four days after treatment, foods with a “mushy” consistency such as those listed below are recommended.

●  Seven to ten days after treatment, allowable soft foods may have the consistency of pasta, fish, chicken or steamed vegetables.  You may then, gradually add back your regular diet choices.

●  Please remember that even after ten days, healing is not complete.  The first month following treatment, you should continue to make smart food choices.  Softer foods are better.

DIET SUGGESTIONS

• Daily Vitamins!!!
• Anything put through a food blender
• Cream of Wheat, Oatmeal, Malt O’Meal
• Mashed banana, mashed avocado, applesauce
• Mashed potatoes or baked potatoes—OK with butter and sour cream
• Broth or creamed soups
• Mashed, steamed vegetables
• Mashed yams, baked sweet potato or butternut squash
• Cottage cheese, cream cheeses or soft cheeses
• Eggs any style, with or without melted cheese
• Omelets—with cheese or avocado
• Jell-O, pudding, ice cream and yogurt
• Milk shakes, smoothies—OK to blend with fruit except NO BERRIES WITH SEEDS
• Ensure, Slim Fast, nutritional drinks

DO NOT EAT

• Chewing gum
• Candy
• Cookies
• Chips
• Nuts
• Anything hard
• Anything with seeds
• Anything crunchy
• Anything with hard pieces
• Raw vegetable / salad
• Meat that shreds and can lodge under gums and between teeth