There are a lot of bean dishes (hummus, for example) that are good when puréed. I made my Texas bean dip last night, and it is fully puréed, but it not actually liquid. My parents had to eat Ensure when they had dental problems.

Kevin is going to have a back molar extracted soon because the dentist discovered that his root was cracked when she was about to install a $1200 crown. She refunded half of his money, since they cannot use the crown. I will have to take him to the oral surgeon, as they will give him propofol for the procedure, and he will be unable to drive himself home. He has decided against getting an implant because the tooth is so far back in his mouth and thinks he can live without it. I'll be making soup for him after his surgery, but I will not be puréing a chicken - chicken livers, but not chicken meat. I'm okay with puréed fish or shrimp, however, although I would probably fry it after it is puréed. Potato soup is my favorite puréed soup, although I also like split pea and Lima bean soup.

Kevin and I both have to wear mouth guards at night because we both grind our teeth in our sleep, but he sometimes falls asleep without putting his own while he is reading in bed. That does not happen to me, as a rule.

There is also a lot you can to with tofu, as I learned at one of the Tofu Festivals in downtown L.A.

Likely the $4 or 5 K spent on a tooth implant will negate any necessity for any weight loss programs or gym memberships. However with her new svelt self she is likely to "need' lots of new clothes....think skinny understated black pants and creamy silk blouses....off set by a beautifully understated gemstone on a long chain.
Hopefully after the procedure she will be able to transition to oatmeal and corn meal mush...in order to bolster the bank account.

I'm thinking our dentist i the one who will be getting the new clothes. $6K braces for son, $4-5K implant for SWMBO, that's this year so far.

SWMBO is off to Yakima to visit her ailing mom for a day. I sent her with soup!

Is that dentist single???

Thanks for the great soup idea John I’ll give liquid chicken
a try this weekend. DH broke a front tooth a couple of weeks ago 5K bill so far.
Property tax bills at the end of the month and let’s not forget Christmas. Oh
well its only money right!

I'm still laughing out loud about the bright purple liquid chicken!!

Y'know, meat companies are advertising their protein benefits. You're right in line with that.

I have to tell you, however, your liquid chicken sounds an awful lot like what we used to call "fortified stock". :)

Best wishes to She for excellent dental work.

"Is that dentist single???"

She might be, I'll hook you up ;-)

"bright purple liquid chicken"

I used a bit of it in another batch of soup, with some red wine. It was interesting.

I'm surprised she has to stick with liquid. Makes no sense to me.

I had this done x 2, and I ate real food. No sharp or hard food, but I could chew on the opposite side of my mouth.

I would ask the dentist if she could at least eat soft food. My goodness.

How long with this restriction? I had to wait 2 months or so before my CT scan to confirm the bone bed was ready for the implant procedure.

When my son was a baby/toddler, I made all his baby food. I have been known to puree lots of things, including our leftover dinners. Nothing like looking at liquid cow or chicken to bring nausea to your life. He slurped it up quite happily.

For generations, our family has made Beef Tea for illnesses, dental problems, and as a 'restorative' after childbirth. This link is exactly the way I make it.

http://soupsong.com/rbeeftea.html

There are other countries that offer this as well, I'm pretty sure SWMBO could get her whole mouth done for less than 10,000

Oh, boy, I had 22 crowns done, four root canals," says Brian Quade. He is still numb from the Novocain. His mouth is bloody. "Nine hours straight yesterday, and then today they did a deep-cleaning scaling, and tomorrow they're installing all the crowns."

What could possibly make those three jaw-dropping days appealing to this cabinetmaker from Seattle?

"It's $50,000 up there, about $5,000 down here," he says.

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I have first hand experience with Sani Dental in Los Algodones. Was there just this past April. No problems whatsoever and would recommend them. Met a lot of people who had traveled there from all over the world for dental work. England, Japan, Hawaii and half of Canada, I think.