Soup isn't cutting it, I need more… but can't handle even canned spaghetti. Getting all these crazy cravings based on what I see on insta/fb, so may stay off that for a while.
What did you eat after wisdom teeth surgery?
Wisdom Teeth Surgery - What to Eat?
anastasiastarz on 15/04/2017 - 01:26
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Use Straw to get the liquid food in like Up n GO :D
No straw usage in the first five days after extraction. Straw = dry socket.
They didnt tell me this, and i got dry socket. fml.
I'm afraid to see what colour it is outside the carton!
I came here to suggest pretty much this, I had jaw surgery which required liquid food for week (poured into a glass of course). You can buy it in a bigger container, cheaper than the individual serves. Other than that I still can't stand Yogo to this day.
I had impacted wisdom teeth and my 45 minute operation turned into 3 hours. I woke up with a face swollen like a bag of tennis balls and had bruises all down my chest (where I assume they pushed off to get the teeth out). Within 2 days I was eating breaded chicken breast pieces, I just dealt with the pain.
Up 'n' Go, custard, yogurt, smoothies, milkshakes. Use your blender!
soup
Oats
Liquid panadol
Followed by a steak.
Bikies.
liquidised
Mashed potato with gravy.
Ice Cream and lots of it.
You need something cold to lessen the chances of infections
Ice cream full of sugar doesn't help infection
Houmous.
Chocolate milk? Yeah i would be staying on liquids and really soft stuff like mashed potato and gravy.. oh man i could eat mashed potato for days. Brb gonna get me some shepherds pie.
Congee
I have a large blended rice milk with banana and frozen fruit, no lactose for me.
Gives you energy vitamins, is also cooling.
Watch out for brain freezes :)Drink from large cup NOT using a straw, the suction can dislodge the blood clot.
I ate bottles of baby food. Heinz Chicken/Noodle or Beef/Rice stuff, the ones in the larger glass jars. It's all pretty small. This sort:
https://shop.coles.com.au/a/a-national/product/heinz-baby-fo…
https://shop.coles.com.au/a/a-national/product/heinz-baby-fo…
https://shop.coles.com.au/a/a-national/product/heinz-chicken…Basically, one jar whenever I was hungry ie. maybe four to six jars a day. Try to sleep a lot. The real pain (ache) in the bones hits when you peter off all the pain killers about the one/two week point.
congee
If you like Asian food, this^.
kfc, potato and gravy
I think the KFC might be difficult until teeth are better but potato and gravy is a good idea
As mentioned above, KFC potato & gravy, popcorn chicken if you can. Also, chocolate pudding and mashed up bananas. You get used to salt water rinsing all day
Day 3 - My jaw doesn't open enough for popcorn chicken. I also look like the girl in yellow/green from Spirited Away http://www.cornel1801.com/animated/Spirited-Away-2001/05-Alr…
yogurts, soups etc
soggy weetbix - crush it up and add milk
Your blender is your best friend
Jelly, mousse, and ice-cream milkshakes.
Bananas blended with milk - which is quite filling.(Edit: Haha, I have corrected mouse to mousse now … don't think mouse will cut it.)
Mouse is ok if you blend it well
You'll just have to filter out the furry bits :-)
?. You should skin it before you cook
It has to be really liquid and/or soft. I had soup, yoghurt, a lot of congee, really mashed vegetables, etc. It gets pretty boring not be able to have real texture, but your mouth can't handle it yet.
With the cravings, you just have to wait it out and you'll be back to normal in no time (usually a week)!
I froze plain yoghurt in ice cube trays, then blended a few with milk and milo, or banana, or blueberries.
I dont like soup, so I did lots of well roasted veges, so soft and tender.
I was able to eat scrambled eggs without too much difficulty. Avocado as well.
I had lots of swelling and bruising. Took about 2 weeks before I even tried eating normal food.Pumpkin pie filling! I'm working on making that egg that's in ramen, the one that's so soft you can suck it off a spoon. The to eat list is going well, so much food to eat after this episode!
garlic bread
How did you manage that?
Blender
if you microwave it so its not crispy then its easy to pull bits off with your lips and swallow it…desperate times
Cake and custard worked for me
Up n Go :)
I'm also recovering and after 3 days of a near liquid diet, I'm after something better. I've been mashing my own potato with gravy (well the Mrs has), but the KFC idea seems like great advice.
All the best on your recovery. I'll be keeping an eye out for more ideas.For mash I love Julie Godwin's recipe! I've yet to have mash, though mashed pumpkin is pretty awesome.
"For mash I love Julie Godwin's recipe! I've yet to have mash"
huh?
S/He liked Julie Godwin's recipe before they had the surgery, but haven't had it since the wisdom teeth extraction.
When I was looking after my mum after her surgery I was mostly feeding her either baby food or fully prepared meals that I mixed up in the blender or nutribullet… (What ever you have will do), you may need to add a little water or milk depending on the type of meal. It might sound disgusting, but it's the same thing that happens when you chew a meal….
Here you go. Just as a temporary measure, it meets all your nutritional requirements.
Don't eat rice as it can get stuck and gets infected. I got in trouble from the dentist when I went back for my checkup after 2 days.
Stick with high calorie cold food like ice cream, yoghurt, custard
Nuffin. Nuffin for about 3 days foodwise, though I had a love affair with the Hungry Jacks mango slurpee going for a while.
After that it was chewing things with my front teeth like a hamster until they were slightly smaller than possible to choke on, and then drinking a little to wash each bite down
Baby food or have your fav food blended, that's what I did when I had my wisdoms taken out.
Surprised no one has mentioned tofu
Sustagen, custard. Had mine out a few weeks back and now can't look at sweet milk based products for a long time. Also try KFC potatoes and gravy but it will have to be lukewarm. It's only a few days OP, hang in there.
"can't look at sweet milk based products for a long time" that was me last round, about a month ago I had a molar out. Double diary in one day made me feel very sick. Used to love custard and egg nogg, never again. Apple sauce is heading down the same road too.
KFC potato n gravy
Yoghurt, banana mashed up. Jelly, protein shakes, smoothies, milkshakes etc, mashed potato, mousse, custard, ice cream
I had my wisdom teeth out while under and on the slab.
This was highly recommended after the xrays were done and seen by the dentist.Reason being is my teeth are solid as a rock and so is my jaw bone and noted by the xray by all my teeth are flat white and not opaque.
What should have taken then 45 mins it took them 2 hours plus i was bailed up in hospital for 8 hours i was told with a swollen jaw that was out of this world not the walk in and out like they said…..
The surgeon cane out and spoke to me to explajn wtf happened but alls i heared was drugs drugs drugs.The recovery was quick but the start was a bit harder for me and liquid food was a mist then a went onto kfc potato and gravy for a quick carb snack and then moved to thw thick soups from a can and after 2 weeks i was good to eat almost normal food. No crusty breads just in case but yeah.
Have fun. Its the best was to loose weight and so easy to put back on with some more added ontop.
Did you type that with your mouth?
No actually try doing it with 3 kids belting a chorus of can we eat chocolate in your ears while swinging on your arms because they have noticed your attention is elsewhere.
Easter = sugar high for dayzzz
Damn, 2 weeks? I've got a review for a restaurant coming up!
Well take a blender.
But i dare say i was in the worst case basket.
I was watching people chat tk the nurses and walking out 30 mins after the op.
Weed
up n go + congee was my diet.
Wash frequently!
don't eat rice. i made that mistake and rice bits got stuck in the holes left behind. totally freaked me out!!!
Fruit salad is good!
Yeah, you'll need to use a syringe to squirt water into the mouth and clean out any of the gaps. Highly recommend doing this because that's how you fight infection!
THIS x 1000000!
If you get any food caught in the GAPING holes left in your gum, even for a short amount of time; prepare for some serious pain.
Oh damn I don't have one of those, will CW have them?
Yeah syringe is best. But even rinsing with some warm salt water from a cup will help.
concrete
Two minute noodles, crack an egg into it as it's almost done cooking so you get the salty broth with noodles and some protein/egg to pad it out.
For something different, try these:
http://shop.coles.com.au/online/mobile/national/nissin-noodl…or these (without the chili packet)
https://shop.coles.com.au/a/a-national/product/indo-mie-nood…If you're really craving meat, I would to go a burger place (even McDonalds or Hungry Jacks) and just have them give me burger sans-bun (the patty, slice of cheese and some sauce on it). Chew small bites with your front teeth and swallow.
How's you swallow the noodles?
You curl your lips such that your mouth starts to look like a bum and then suck the noddles. Make sure a whooshing sound is produced when the act of sucking takes place.
Anything soft and cold for 24hrs. Ice cream, jelly, custard, milkshake, yoghurt, smoothies, fruit juice.
After 24hrs if there is no bleeding you can have any thing soft and warm - mashed potato, porridge, soup, noodles etc.
On the 3rd day you can start your normal diet. But make sure none of the food causing any bleeding.Avoid chewing with the operated side for 4-5 days. Its good to avoid any hard meat for 2 days after the operation.
Ice packing is very important also pain killers, continue antibiotics course don't stop in between. Mild oozing of blood is normal after the procedure but if there is any continuous bleeding bite on a cotton for 5mts.Soylent green?
Kfc mashed gravy
i had wisdom teeth surgery 10 days ago. pulled 4 of them out with bottom two vertically grown that needed a maxillofacial surgeon. because of my age 34 bones needed to be cut for the bottom ones so its slightly more complicated.
the surgery went for less than an hour then took another hour and a half to wake-up. not much swelling or pain (maybe my surgeon is awesome?), i only need nurofen for the discomfort in the first 3 days. get a blender and do pumpkin soup, fruit juice, chicken soup, porridge for the first 3 days then you can start on some congee. i started eating solids at day 8 just to be safe but food gets lodges into the socket holes that still haven't fully filled up which can be a hassle to get out.
definitely get a blender and blend everything for the first 3 days. that way you wont get bored of your food.
Can I blend spaghetti bol though? :P
I'm on day 4, and the swelling is bad! I look like the bathhouse girls from Spirited Away (blob face).
Yes you can blend anything. It's the same process that happens in your mouth anyway.
Hi OP, I would recommend using your blender to make all sorts of smoothies and juices. One thing to watch out for is your bowels, try celery to easy constipation for when you get back on the solids. The pain meds and antibiotics you are on (if you are) tend to make things… hard.
Up and go. Protein shake
Hi Anastasia. I am experienced in this field and I can tell you the type of food you can eat to make you heal fast before taking it out but since yours is removed already, here is my advice.
1) Always maintain hygine by very gently rinsing your mouth with warm salt water. (No food or brushing teeth the first day, also do not drink from a straw because the sucking from a straw can dislodge the blood clot.
2) Make your own soup by boiling small pieces of chopped pumpkin, tomato, sweet potato, soft tofu and finely chopped spinach. Change the favour by adding different sauce you can get in Asian groceries.
3) Food from market that we had was mostly yogurt and protein or diet shakes.
You might find some ideas to make more tasty soft food or soup but we pretty much survive on these for about two to three weeks before we can start eating firmer food again.
Good luck.
2 to 3 weeks to eat normal food!? my surgeon told me its recommended to eating normal food after 7 days.
Wheatbix with lots of milk, and some honey on top for flavoring, got me through my wisdom teeth recovery period.
Other people, man up and get it done in the chair, one side at a time.
That way, after a few hours, you can chew on the other side of the mouth.Also saves a ton of money over the cowardly GA, and the is ozb.
I did that for a molar, the team of six and I are all traumatized XD
Though my face didn't blow up last time…Whilst I was part time being a stay at home dad I watched my shifts and managed to pull a health care card. Best money ever 'not spent'. Went through the public system in the chair and between a dry socket and a snapped off root stuck in my jaw bone I never had these issues. I guess everyone heals differently though.
Went under and had all 4 removed at one go.
All I remember was a load of custard and jelly.
Thankfully for me, there wasn't much pain and I got back into eating quite shortly - a bit of congee (chinese porridge). But yes, no sucking > no straws.Is congee from Mr Kitchen? We're about to drop by the shops. hopes Coles has it
Not sure where Mr Kitchen is, but you should able to find it at more authentic Asian takeaways. Not sure if you'll be able to find instant congee at Coles, however its pretty straight forward to make:
http://www.taste.com.au/recipes/chicken-ginger-congee/25b403…
Even easier if you have a rice cooker!
The only option you have is a Bear Grylls Emergency Enema
"once its in I guess all you do it lie back"I ate jelly, ice cream and soup mum brought over.
Also, make sure you clean the wounds with the water syringes they gave you, don't be lazy or half assed. I made that mistake, one got infected.. Wasn't pretty when she put a water syringe in the infected wound and puss came flying out followed by extreme pain/tears.
Has anyone tried bread and butter pudding?
Speaking from my own experience, 4 wisdom teeth removed under general anaesthesia here is my comments.
First 24 hrs was easy. The pain killers still had a presence, after that wore off the pain was not too bad at all.
Biggest compliant was the jaw. I could barely open it 2 cm's which is not great for eating.
The salt and water rinsing helps and in ~ 5 days I was fine. Also ice packs make a MASSIVE difference. Wrap them in a towel to cut out the intense cold. Basically it helps with the swelling.
Now, for eating, basally starved for the fist day, but soup was what I could eat. You will get to a point whereby you will go through the pain of eating vs the pain of opening your month. Being sore sucks, being sore and hungry sucks twice. Eventually you will eat.
Chewing was not possible for me. So this is how I ate,
- Chicken and corn soup (or any soup). everything must be very small, like baby food.
- Cut up pieces of bread and soak in soup, place in mouth and swallow. I could not chew and swallowing was the best I could manage. Takes forever to eat, but you will get better at it, but its slow, you will be eating like this for days.
There will come a point when you will just need to eat, jaw pain or not. So anything that do not involve chewing helps.
I didn't need/use pain killers, paracetamol, ibuprofen or Panadeine Forte. You were probably prescribed pandenine forte, so this may help, but this did little for me.
For all those wondering what it feels like, well, the sockets don't hurt, you don't really feel anything from the removing of the teeth,maybe is a 4/10 for pain, you know something is not right, but it does not hurt. It's the jaw that hurts, every millimeter of movement feels like a mile, and it feels so bruised and sore. And all this for a ~20 min procedure.
Porridge or baby food or simply blend all your food.
Maybe silly question but why do you have wisdom teeth removed?
I have had mine for a very long time and am very attached to them!
Hence no intention of having them removed.I usually use the URL shortener and make sure I spell it right when I link LMGTFY's
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Ice-Cream :)