Odontophobia
I’m off to have the crunchiest, chewiest dinner money can buy, because the Big Day is finally upon us! At eleven a.m. tomorrow a dentist is going to stick a needle in my mouth and then yank out two of my wisdom teeth. I plan on eating nothing but soup and Jello for a few days. Any other recovery tips? I’ll try to remember to get a good DeskCam shot of my inevitably puffy chipmunk cheeks…
Nathaniel
January 5, 2006 — 2:58 am
When I had all four wisdom teeth extracted years ago, I found out that all the hype about pain and liquid diet just didn’t apply. As far as pain goes, I was sent home with some good pain drugs. 12 hours later, tylenol was all it took, anyway. And as far as diet goes: I had a big, juicy, home-cooked burger that evening, after my 9AM extraction. (Naturally I ate kind of gently.) Not that I planned it that way; it just didn’t end up being a problem. I know that’s not everybody’s experience, but at least it lets you know where the easy end of the spectrum is.
tara d.
January 5, 2006 — 3:17 am
eeep, good luck! i’ve never had mine out. i was told i wouldn’t need to, but since, it’s been a painful growing in process. since then, i’ve ALMOST wished i had ’em out.
keep it real, alvin.
Jason
January 5, 2006 — 3:53 am
I just had a wisdom tooth removed last Thursday. My jaw is still very sore/stiff – so everytime I eat it hurts. When I don’t eat, I’m fine. I didn’t have a bunch of swelling, but the Percocet they gave me helped out over the weekend, since I did have a lot of dull pain. Since I just had the one removed, I could chew things on the other side of the mouth, which really helped.
Max
January 5, 2006 — 5:24 am
From my experience (all four removed at once), it’s nothing to worry about–have the Snook pack your jaws in ice (with a towel wrapped around the ice pack, of course) AS SOON AS POSSIBLE after the surgery. My mom iced me down when I got in the car for the ride home from the clinic (of course, I remember none of this) and I had almost no swelling to speak of). I was also eating chips and salsa within 3 days, but I think that may have been a fluke.
Miss Helen
January 5, 2006 — 10:39 am
My mum had hers out a few years ago and she didn’t seem to have too much pain. Of course she is a vetran of medical procedure, so this might not be saying much, but she was eating normally again after a couple of days. Good luck deary!
missfee
January 5, 2006 — 3:09 pm
hope you are feeling better – Mrs Snook- i had my out at 18 and then got chicken pox – i looked like a cabbage patch kid with spots
how is the cardie going?
Kris
January 6, 2006 — 11:42 am
I just posted the blow-by-blow of the procedure. I’m happy to report that I seem to have come down on the easy side of the pain spectrum with Nat and Max. So far so good!