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Post by OGBoardPoster2005 on Dec 16, 2016 18:27:58 GMT -5
So I'm 30 hours past having one of my tooth removed. Whats the timeline for eating things like popcorn, chips, and pizza, and of course alcohol?
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Post by Koda, Master Crunchyroller on Dec 16, 2016 19:27:59 GMT -5
You probably shouldn't bother with solid foods and most certainly not sharp solid foods like chips for a while.
When I had my wisdom teeth removed two years ago, it happened at the start of December, I spent almost the entire month eating soup, mashed potatoes, and easy to swallow, soft foods. Like mac and cheese.
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Post by Cyno on Dec 16, 2016 19:59:17 GMT -5
You'd want to wait at least a week for that stuff, though with pizza you can probably eat at as early as Monday or Tuesday. Worst comes to worst, call up your dentist and ask.
In particular, you want to avoid foods like chips, rice, and popcorn because they're the most likely to do damage to the place where the tooth was extracted. Eat softer foods like mac & cheese, mashed potatoes, applesauce, pudding, and Jell-O.
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Post by Sponsored by Groose Wipes on Dec 16, 2016 20:09:11 GMT -5
I always went with microwave ramen noodles.
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Post by GuyOfOwnage on Dec 16, 2016 23:27:17 GMT -5
Yeah, put all that stuff out your mind for the first week or so, and develop a taste for Jello, pudding, and soup. Believe me, you do NOT want solid foods getting lodged in those holes, especially not popcorn kernels.
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Post by Amazing Kitsune on Dec 16, 2016 23:34:28 GMT -5
I had my last wisdom teeth removed two and three weeks ago. I could eat solid food by the night of the same day. Realistically, I could have eaten solid food about 3 hours after the procedure, but I stayed with soft food to be on the safe side.
As an aside, it was the easiest thing I've ever had done at a Dentist office. They had it out, painlessly, in about 5 minutes and my mouth's numbness went away in virtually no time--maybe 20 minutes.
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Post by chazraps on Dec 17, 2016 1:13:46 GMT -5
Are you icing your face? If you wear an icepack on your cheek and treat it like a sports injury, it makes the timeline for foods again happen a lot faster.
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Post by Powerline on Dec 17, 2016 2:38:59 GMT -5
Yeah, worst case scenario, call up the dentist.
The first few days of it needs to be soft foods exclusively; mashed potatoes, pasta with thin sauce (nothing chunky mixed into it like veggies or meat), stuff like that. If you need to exert any level of force from your jaw to make your teeth go through it, forget about it. Pizza ought to be good in a few days as long as it's chewy crust, thin crust is out of the question. And I'd just go with a simple cheese or pepperoni, don't get a bunch of chunky meats or a supreme pizza.
Within about a week of getting my teeth pulled, the stitches had worn off (I had dissolving stitches that would just disappear as the gums healed up) and I was clear to eat whatever, but I still eased myself back into it. It was closer to 10 days for me by the time I felt up to eating whatever I wanted.
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Post by Rolent Tex on Dec 17, 2016 3:12:39 GMT -5
No alcohol for at least 3 days after pal.
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Post by KAMALARAMBO: BOOMSHAKALAKA!!! on Dec 17, 2016 12:45:03 GMT -5
Pasta is always a good one  Nice and soft! |
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Post by OGBoardPoster2005 on Dec 18, 2016 21:46:53 GMT -5
Thanks guys!
Any advice on adjusting to eating? I'm nervous bc its a bottom tooth (back right of mouth) and I'm not sure whats to be different about how I eat.
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Nice and soft! 