Food after wisdom tooth removal

young_un

Good morning
I'm due to have my bottom wisdom teeth out in 22 days and I'm wondering if there's anything else besides soup that I'll be able to eat? I've already made and frozen some soup
I would just like to be prepared
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PlutoinCapricorn

I found bananas were easy to eat. Soft cheese would be ok too.

pogofish

Soft, high energy and fairly tasty - because you probably won't be tasting much, feel like eating very much or want it to touch the sides for a few days.

Although the clots should be fairly stable by around 24/48hrs and that's the most important part - so don't do anything to disturb them, which includes rinsing with mouthwash too vigorously or cleaning your teeth.

Although if they have to cut bone, it could take longer - I was licking the flavour off of crisps for about four/five days after mine were done - not nice! :eek:

And if you have not been down to your chemist for an industrial size box of the strongest painkillers they can sell, do so now - Just mention wisdom teeth and the usual questions will stop!

Cazza

Yoghurt, rice pudding and cottage cheese were some I found good.

Admittedly, I was very lucky when I had mine out (2 x bottom ones) and my recovery and healing were very good but I found I was more limited by how wide I could open my mouth to get food in so you might find a teaspoon helps in the first day or so!

I was back on normal but slightly softer foods within a couple of days (I'd have mashed potatoes rather than roast and a grated cheese sandwich with no crusts rather than crusty farmhouse bread with slices of cheese, for example) and a completely normal diet within a week albeit with some cautious chewing!

Lipstick99

I had 3 out by surgery... you are restricted by how wide your jaw can open. Sugar free chewing gum keeps the saliva flowing and helps loosen the jaw.. try it for a few days... Also get some arnica tablets, it helps with bruising/inflammation.

Foodwise, jelly was good, mousse, omlettes. I found plastic cutlery easier than metal. Ice packs help your face.

Toothsmith

You should be given full post-operative instructions by the surgeon doing it or a nurse once it's done.

Not a bad idea to plan for a soft diet for the first few days though depending on how tricky the extraction is.

If it's both bottom ones, I'm assuming it's a general anaesthetic you're having?

Marmaduke123

Nothing hot to begin with either - just lukewarm. I should imagine you will be given an advice sheet though.

young_un

Thank you for your suggestions
Yes i'll be going under General anaesthetic as both are too near the jaw nerve and there seems to be an overlap
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codemonkey

I had mine out earlier in the year. They broke off a bit of bone with one and DH spent a week making Godfather references at me because my face was so swollen. I ate mainly soup (no lumps!), ice cream, yogurt and pudding. In hindsight, I should have got some meal replacement shakes as I couldn't open my mouth wide enough for even a teaspoon for a week and I lost half a stone.

jenniewb

I had mine out in April, I also had an infection which resulted in the Dentist cutting the roof of my mouth with a scalpel to drain the abscess


I found I was able to eat/chew foods within a few days, the first few days I stuck to soya milk, warmed (not hot) soya lattes, soya tea (I'm lactose intolerant- you could swap that for milk!) and soups. I had the occasional rice cake I soaked in soup (you could try bread?) and then rinse with salt-water every time you've finished eating anything and if you've gone for a while without eating anything.
Mine hit bank holiday Friday- 4 days where no emergency dental service was able to take out what was nothing short of complete agony (nerve exposed as tooth had cracked and fallen apart-or in the dentists works, "crumbled").


The only thing I had a problem with was worrying something bad could happen (eg the infection I had coming back) I wasn't given any antibiotics to ensure the infection didn't return as I'd just finished two courses in little under three weeks and neither had worked. It turned out I had no reason to worry- so if you are feeling a bit anxious about things going wrong, please don't waste your energy, if I can get through something like that and come through the end unscathed then it's going to be pretty rare that anyone without the same mess I was in will end up with an infection and if you do there is always someone you can get help from pretty quickly.

AbbieCadabra

codemonkey wrote: »

In hindsight, I should have got some meal replacement shakes as I couldn't open my mouth wide enough for even a teaspoon for a week and I lost half a stone.

i'm still on these now a week after dental surgery, can just about manage pasta now but not a great deal more. i got the chocolate & strawberry version of phd whey protein, definitely prefer the chocolate, little bit of ice & about 200ml of milk, whizz in a blender for 30 secs & it comes out lovely & thick. quite filling really, especially when i've added a banana into the mix.

you need to keep your fluid intake up too. i made the mistake of not drinking enough for the first few days & felt so weak & tired, but just put it down to lack of food. realised i could actually be a little dehydrated, made a real effort to drink more, & feel nearly normal again now (well, as normal as i'll ever be! )