Wisdom Teeth?

Im getting my wisdom teeth out. What is your best advice and what are good foods to eat after?

Wisdom Teeth?
Whatever you do don't drink with a straw!!!! This can cause dry sockets which really hurt. I would stick to soft foods, all liquids is not necessary. I did eat alot of soup, but grilled cheese goes down pretty easy, icecream helped alot the first couple days, eggs, pancakes, mac %26amp; cheese, those types of things
Reply:ok my buddy just got his out. ice. ice. ice. ice your face every 10 mins unless your sleeping. and take the drugs they give you. and also get your rest. cuz after the drugs to knock you out. they will hurt like a beotch. get as much sleep as you can. then ice your face every other 10 mins. yes its alot of work. but it keeps the swelling down. as for eating food. you may not want to have anything for alogn time. but i suggest foods that you don't ahve to chew. like milkshakes. jello(great one). that stuff mashed potatoes. that good stuff. umm all i can say is my buddy wasn't miserable but he said they hurt like a mofo. and i have all hope in you can do this :) and just think about it if it gets bad. read my advice and its the only time its done. after its done once they aren't there anymore for it to hurt =) good luck
Reply:eat nothing but soup for a few days the best is homemade fruit smothies out of a blender you have to pour them into your mouth though if you try a straw you will reopen your wounds
Reply:This is a pretty common procedure these days and recovery is quick : )





Extraction usually takes between five and 30 minutes and usually can be performed by a dentist using local anesthetic. During the procedure, an incision is made in the gum and a forceps is used to remove the whole tooth when possible. If the tooth is fully impacted or if the roots reach deeply into the jawbone, the tooth may have to be broken into pieces and each piece removed.





Patients will be restricted to clear liquids and soft foods for the first 12 hours following surgery. Straws should not be used because they can dislodge the clot that is forming. Patients should avoid hard or crunchy foods for two weeks following surgery. They may be asked to chew on only one side of their mouths for a period of time.





Patients are urged to rinse their mouths with warm salt water a half-dozen times after the first day following extraction. The salt water should be made up of a half-teaspoon of table salt and 8 ounces (236 milliliters) of water. Patients can brush their teeth, but they should be careful around the area where the tooth was removed.





There's lots more information below - take a look!


http://oral.health.ivillage.com/oralheal...
Reply:ouch! I can wait until I get mine out in a few months. But it's just like anything with bad teeth pain. Soup, milkshakes, soft ice cream (watch out for the freeze effect), some some cookies, crackers.





the list goes on, but try soup and milkshakes and really soft foods like applesauce before you try anything else. And this shouldn't last too long before you can actively eat bacon cheeseburgers and fried chicken again;)
Reply:just make sure you don't drink orange juice---it will burn!
Reply:try to stick with soft food like porridge for the first few days to prevent hurting your wounds
Reply:My best advice is ICE - the way I kept ice on my face sounds ridiculous, but it works! Take 2 ziploc bags and put ice in them. Take a bra and wrap it under your chin and tie the loose ends on top of your head. The cups of the bra should be right on your cheeks. Put the ice bags in the cups of the bra and you can sleep and not worry about having to switch the ice.
Reply:Of course one very important thing is to choose a qualified oral surgeon in your area. The experience of having impacted teeth will be less traumatic.





Second, if you are the apprehensive type, the procedure may be done under sedation or even general anesthesia so that you're anxiety level will be minimized. What's more you don't remember what happened during the surgical procedure.





There will be some limitation of activity of your jaws after removal of the impacted teeth. For this reason, your oral surgeon will instruct you to go on a soft diet. This is not a slimming diet. a soft diet is a nutritious meal that is prepared in such a way that it will require minimal chewing. For example, if you want to eat meat, you should mince it first then maybe mix it with soup. You may put in some noodle as carbohydrates. You will be on a soft diet for 24-48 hours. After this you must gradually go back to the more solid diet.





your oral surgeon will be giving you home care instructions. Be sure to follow them.
Reply:Have ice packs available and someone to keep an eye on for ya and to get stuff for you the day of the surgery so you don't have to get up (if you're being knocked out) since anesthesia could make you a little wobbly. Good foods to eat are yogurt, applesauce, pudding, spaghetti-o's or basically anything soft so you don't have to use any jaw action.





My wisdoms gave me so much trouble all thru my teens and 20's. They got impacted, abcessed, you name it. The pain after having them removed was nothing compared to how bothersome they can be. I think I only had to take 2 pain pills and took Motrin the rest of the time. The worst part for me was having that blood in my mouth and having to change the gauze they pack in there. A wise thing to do with prescription pain meds is to give them to a parent or friend, and have them dispense them to you since if the pain meds wear off and you wake up hurting you may not realize how recently you took the last one, take another one, then you'll wind up taking too much.



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