Mouthwash Recipe:
- 1 teaspoon salt,
- 1 teaspoon baking soda,
- 4 cups water,
- add lemon juice for flavour if desired (although this may sting if your mouth is tender and sore).
- Stew tender pieces of meat or chicken in gravy and serve cut up into very small pieces.
- Try soft, smooth, blended, creamy foods like eggs, soups, custards, yoghurt, milk puddings, ice cream, milkshakes, spaghetti, and pate.
- Avoid foods which may sting your mouth such as acidic fruit e.g. pineapple or kiwi fruit, spicy and salty foods; very hot or icy cold foods and drinks.
- Avoid rough and crunchy foods such as nuts, chips, hard toast.
- Try drinking liquids through a straw.
- Drink nutritionally complete drinks e.g. Complan, Ensure, in preference to water, tea, coffee.
- Pay special attention to mouth hygiene to prevent infection and dental decay. Use a mouthwash after each meal.
- Serve liquids with meals. Sip when eating.
- Suck on ice blocks. Try pineapple juice, or lemon juice in ice blocks for a refreshing mouth wash. Ice blocks will also stimulate the flow of saliva.
- Add gravy, sauce, custard, cream, milk, melted butter, French dressing to make food moist.
- Cook meat until it is very tender so you don’t have so much chewing.
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