When is it safe to start chewing foods after wisdom teeth extraction?!


Question:

When is it safe to start chewing foods after wisdom teeth extraction?

i had them out tuesday morning and the gums are stitched up. i haven't got hardly any pain and mum keeps teeling me to eat properly but i dont want to as im scared of infections or irritating the gums. thanks x

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2 months ago
i had it done in the hospital and they gave me hardly any advice!!!

2 months ago
the stitches are the dissolvable kind, how long will they take to dissolve??


Answers:

I must say that you got rather interesting responses thus far. I have extracted all four wisdom tooth (thankfully not all at the same time), the first being a surgical extraction. The dentist put me to sleep and twenty minutes later, I woke up and there was no tooth. You can eat normally foods as soon as YOU are ready. You will not get any infections or irritate the gums, though I would suggest not eating tortilla chips (sharp edges). After my extraction, the first two days, I survived on wanton soup, since the wantons themselves required no prolonged chewing; smoothies, and other milk-based drinks. By the third day I was eating normal foods quite happily. As regards the stitches, they don't exactly dissolve, as fall out, I would say in about two weeks. I pulled out my last wisdom tooth, thirteen days ago, local anesthetic, no stitches and the extraction site is almost closed. You did not mention how many wisdom teeth you extracted, but if when you bite, it's too sore, lay off the hard stuff but if you can handle it go back to you normal diet.




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