Had extraction, how to eat with gauze in mouth? pls help!!!

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#1 Post by **jackie100** » Mon Jul 23, 2007 1:31 pm

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
!!!

#2 Post by **Lisa65** » Mon Jul 23, 2007 2:00 pm

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!

#3 Post by **jackie100** » Mon Jul 23, 2007 2:21 pm

how long did u guys bite on the gauze for? thanks

#4 Post by **GinaLime** » Mon Jul 23, 2007 4:35 pm

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!

#5 Post by **Miss Smiley** » Tue Jul 24, 2007 3:35 pm

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.

#6 Post by **loulou123** » Wed Jul 25, 2007 9:11 am

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.

#7 Post by **jackie100** » Fri Jul 27, 2007 12:36 am

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.