Very hot or very cold foods Eating these foods can cause pain due to exposed dentin. Iced drinks and juices Coffee Tea Extremely hot soups Ice cream Popsicles Frozen berries Sugary foods Sugar damages your tooth enamel and exacerbates pain due to exposed nerves, so avoid sugars (especially added sugars) until your tooth abscess has healed. Cookies Cakes Brownies Candies Breakfast cereals (with added sugars) Blended coffee beverages Fruit juices (with added sugars) Soda Bottled iced teas Yogurts (with added sugars or fruit preserves) Frozen pizza Ketchup BBQ sauce Dried and canned fruits Acidic foods Avoid foods that change the pH in your mouth and can cause more pain due to demineralization. Oranges Grapefruit Lemons (and lemon juice) Limes (and lime juice) Tomatoes (and all tomato based items) Spicy foods Excessively salty foods Hard, dry, or coarse foods Avoid foods that require excessive chewing and contain jagged or small grains that can get lodged into the abscess (causing pain and possible infection). Chips Crackers Popcorn Raw vegetables Pomegranates Corn on the cob Nuts and seeds Granola (and granola bars) Oats Grits Toast Bagels Flour tortillas Rice Al-dente pastas Quinoa Barley Steak Beef jerky Bacon Sausage Hot dogs Licorice