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Had extraction, how to eat with gauze in mouth? pls help!!!
Posted: Mon Jul 23, 2007 1:31 pm
by jackie100
Pls help, i need to eat so i can take my antibiotics and darvocet.
its been around 4 hrs since i had surgery this morning. i still have the gauze in.
my mouth is still numb btw so its kinda hard, pls help
!!!
Posted: Mon Jul 23, 2007 2:00 pm
by Lisa65
How about some yogurt or canned rice pudding? Or soup, just make sure you only heat it to luke-warm.
Hope you soon feel better!
Posted: Mon Jul 23, 2007 2:21 pm
by jackie100
how long did u guys bite on the gauze for? thanks
Posted: Mon Jul 23, 2007 4:35 pm
by GinaLime
When I had all four wisdoms out at once, I left the gauze in for about 6 hours. The first things I ate were pudding and pureed soup. For my recent extractions (2 top, 2 bottom in two appointments) I left the gauze in for only about two hours. I was eating twinkies and bean burritos the same day. Good luck!
Posted: Tue Jul 24, 2007 3:35 pm
by Miss Smiley
I drank hot chammomile tea and it helped with the swelling and bleeding. This was about 2 hours after I had my extractions. The by dinner I was chewing soft foods like pastas and rice with soup. Of course I also took loads of painkillers so I could eat without too much pain.
Posted: Wed Jul 25, 2007 9:11 am
by loulou123
Ive only ever had normal teeth removed not wisdoms but ive only ever had to bite on the gauze for about 30minutes after removal.
Id agree with the above tho if your unsure how long your best bet is to call the person who done it for advice.
Posted: Fri Jul 27, 2007 12:36 am
by jackie100
Thanks everyone for ur advice, its been a few days since i got the teeth pulled and its ok now. I ended up biting on gauze for probably around 4-5 hours total and after that i was able to eat yogurt fine.