Dental Soft Diet

A dental soft diet includes foods that are easy to chew. The foods listed below can be used as a guide to your food selections.

SUGGESTED FOODS:

Milk & Milk Products:

Milk, yogurt, cream cheese, cottage cheese, American cheese

Fruits & Vegetables:

Soft, cooked vegetables

V-8 or tomato juice, all fruit juices

Canned fruits, fruit smoothies

Bananas, grapes, ripe peaches & pears

Breads, Cereals & Starches:

Dry cereals with milk, oatmeal

Muffins, soft breads (no hard crusts)

Cooked rice or pasta

Entrees:

Tender chicken or turkey

Macaroni & cheese

Ground beef

Pasta with sauce

Fish

Lasagna

Eggs

Peanut Butter & Jelly on soft bread

Chili, soup

Egg salad, tuna salad, chicken salad

Desserts:

Cake, ice cream, sherbet, pudding

FOODS TO AVOID:

Hard fruits like apples

Breads with hard crusts, bagels

Raw vegetables and salads

Popcorn

Steaks, chops, hard-to-chew meats

Caramels, chewy candies

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