To assist healing after jaw surgery it is recommended you eat foods which require minimal chewing for approximately 4 to 6 weeks, however it is important to maintain a balanced diet whilst recovering from your surgery.

After the surgery your jaw is tender, and to prevent strain on the surgery area you need to rest the jaw and chew minimally.

Foods to select while healing

As a general principle choose soft moist food and avoid dry crunchy foods.

Tip: if using a blender or stick blender to puree foods, make sure you add extra sauce or gravy to keep it moist.

Food Groups

Protein

• Scrambled, poached and boiled eggs
• Very soft and moist pureed cooked meats
• Well mashed beans and legumes
• Pulses such as dal

Dairy

• Milk
• Ice-cream and frozen yoghurt
• Melted cheese
• Ricotta and cottage cheese

 Bread and Cereals

• Porridge or semolina
• Weetbix or other cereal soaked well in milk
• Very soft well-cooked small pasta (eg: risoni, small macaroni)
• Very soft well-cooked rice (eg: risotto, rice pudding)

Vegetables

• Pureed soft cooked vegetables
• Finely mashed soft cooked vegetables

Fruit

• Pureed fruit
• Mashed banana
• Stewed and mashed soft fruit (peaches and apples)
• Mashed avocado
• Mashed tinned fruit