Question for anyone who has, or has had the "Splint" post op

[Jsmith1972]

Ok, so this may be one of the silliest questions posted on here, but I'm going to ask it anyway.

I had lower jaw surgery on October 10th and I will be wearing a splint wired to my top teeth until November 11th. Fun huh?

My questions is, does foods like Tomato soup and tomato-based pasta sauces stain the splint? You know like they do Tupperware containers?

Since I'm going to be eating pureed foods and soups for so long, I definitely want to add these items to my diet, but I also don't want to have an orange-red stained piece of plastic in my mouth either.

Anyone know?

[Rodney008]

No, it won't stain it. Just brush and rinse out after you eat and you'll be good.

[Marian]

That's my answer too. I had a splint on for a week (it was taken out after that because it wasn't doing any good) and I had no staining. The only thing I will say is that when I had it taken out and swilled with mouthwash, that lots of food debris came out, so make sure you are 'mouthwashing' really, really well while you have the splint in.

[freakyteeth]

Mine did a little. But I recommend hooking the tip of a WaterPik in the front notches and just flushing that thing out. When mine came out it felt digusting and furry, but I was told it was actually pretty clean.