For all those who have had their wisdom teeth removed

[6'9"Witha69]

What did you eat for the first few days? I had mine out yesterday and am STARVING. I am a BIG eater and this whole thing has disrupted my abilities.

I have been eating Jello, pudding, applesauce and my protein shakes.

So, what all did you eat?`

[PT Goat]

I ate a lot of pasta. I had some swelling but I was very lucky. I remember coming out of anesthesia, and I was under my truck changing my oil later that morning.

[parsonsj]

Dude, just load up on the percocet. Add in a beer or two, and you're good for hours. :)

jp

[6'9"Witha69]

Dude, just load up on the percocet. Add in a beer or two, and you're good for hours. :)

jp
:lol:

[Damn True]

Scotch and Vicodin is my favorite.

[Mr.VENGEANCE]

how bout some Crack.

takes the edge off, my clients say.. and your teeth fall right out...

no problem..


ahahah

[oestek]

Time for some meat shakes! Mmm... meat shakes...

[wicked68]

Dude, just load up on the percocet. Add in a beer or two, and you're good for hours. :)

jp


that is exactly what I did - I laid out in the backyard on a lounge chair - downed 2 beers and a percocet and went to sleep - woke up 2 hours later with a nice tan. make sure you put your lotion on before you hit the beer or you will wake up burned.

[brn agn]

I just had this done 3 weeks ago. After several days of eating only apple sauce and yogurt, I fixed instant mashed potatoes, then mixed in some butter and sour cream. I think that is the best that instant mashed potatoes have ever tasted to me. :)

[6'9"Witha69]

I just had this done 3 weeks ago. After several days of eating only apple sauce and yogurt, I fixed instant mashed potatoes, then mixed in some butter and sour cream. I think that is the best that instant mashed potatoes have ever tasted to me. :)
I did some 4 cheese instant mashed for lunch. Damn sight better than Jello and Applesauce. I am still in trouble with the mrs. for trying beef jerkey last night (all of 4 hours after surgery). Getting shreds of jerkey into the sockets sure did suck.

[toxicz28]

Ice cream, pudding, and other soft foods.

[brn agn]

I did some 4 cheese instant mashed for lunch. Damn sight better than Jello and Applesauce. I am still in trouble with the mrs. for trying beef jerkey last night (all of 4 hours after surgery). Getting shreds of jerkey into the sockets sure did suck.

OUCH!!! I had beef jerky earlier this week and it was still annoying...I can't imagine doing it the same day as the surgery! Does anyone know if the holes in your jaw ever close up?

[Patrick]

I ate a 1 1/2 dozen hot Krispy Kreme doughnuts. Then it was mac-n-cheese, grits, mashed 'taters......

[parsonsj]

Yes, the holes close up. Takes months, but they eventually do.

jp

[buds87gn]

Wow! i am lucky, they plucked mine out in about 10 minutes, i had hot wings and beer that night:yum:.

[parsonsj]

Me: I was working on my car that night, but I didn't go back to work until the next day afterward. :)

jp

[camcojb]

Scotch and Vicodin is my favorite.
gotta love Vicodin.............. :)

Jody

[David Pozzi]

Pizza the day after mine were yanked ...

Cheers,
Mary Pozzi

[Nessumsar]

Were yours impacted? If so, no hard foods for a looong time. My doc said no to chips for like 2 months! Although I had five wisdom teeth (i'm really smart!), and they were barely coming in.

[Paul_J]

KFC Mashed Potatoes and gravy for the quick fix! My wife makes a great Potato soup as well.

[madcarson]

I walked out of the operating room and went next door to the Chinese smorg had dinner and beers then to a Lounge to watch a band for rest of the night HAMMERED!

[poormans69]

Don't smoke. Dry sockets suck. Ask me how I know.

[Damn True]

Time for some meat shakes! Mmm... meat shakes...

...and to create some gearhead content from this otherwise silly thread.....more silliness.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=veseKwsjcJc

veseKwsjcJc

[Steve68]

Perkadans and Budweiser

[Rag-Rat]

I couldn't stand the soft foods so the second day I had a chocolate milkshake and a hamburger that I pulled apart into little pieces and washed the chunks down with the milkshake. It couldn't have been good on my digestive system.

[trapin]

I gotta have all 4 of mine removed. They are all impacted but are not causing me any trouble. Well...not yet anyway. I'm too chicken to go in. Now I hear I'm going to have holes in my mouth for months afterward?

Thanks guys, I really needed to hear that. LOL!!!

[6'9"Witha69]

I gotta have all 4 of mine removed. They are all impacted but are not causing me any trouble. Well...not yet anyway. I'm too chicken to go in. Now I hear I'm going to have holes in my mouth for months afterward?

Thanks guys, I really needed to hear that. LOL!!!
Impacted runs a high probability of frequent infection. Mine were fully erupted. Went really quick.

The open holes are no issue really, just gotta rinse frequently throughout the day.

[DB Z28]

SOUP , chicken noodle, ABC 123 soup

[brn agn]

I gotta have all 4 of mine removed. They are all impacted but are not causing me any trouble. Well...not yet anyway. I'm too chicken to go in. Now I hear I'm going to have holes in my mouth for months afterward?

Thanks guys, I really needed to hear that. LOL!!!

I felt the same way...I wasn't having problems with mine, but the dentist urged me to take care of it before I started having a problem. I'm glad they are removed now. It is just one last thing to worry about and honestly it wasn't that bad. I didn't have any pain. I was just a little sore for a couple of days.

[bwhinnen]

...and to create some gearhead content from this otherwise silly thread.....more silliness.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=veseKwsjcJc

veseKwsjcJc

It's funny but that is the first thing I thought of.

Of those that were able to eat straight away how many were actually put under a full general to have their wisdom teeth removed and how many were just done with locals?

I've still got all 4 of mine, but of the friends that have had them removed, the ones that just had a local and were awake for the procedure faired much better than those that were put under general.

[mc84_zz4]

Mine were all hooked, the first 2 went without too much pain, just a LOT of swelling, the last 2, 1 became a dry socket (fragments left behind, gum did not close) this became a real PITA as it was winter, and breathing cold air would hit like a sledge hammer.

After many Peroxide rinses, etc, the gum healed, but for 1 month I could not open my jaw wide, so soups, oatmeal, and anything in a blender it was. I lost a lot of weight, so I added burger patties, but had to slide the meat in, I could not open more than that. Wendy's burger patties are usually real soft. Breakfast was mostly milkshakes (milk, 2 eggs, sugar, vanilla & cinammon).

It took a long time to chew anything, but it tasted fantastic. You got to do what you got to do...

[cheapthrillz]

Were yours impacted? If so, no hard foods for a looong time. My doc said no to chips for like 2 months! Although I had five wisdom teeth (i'm really smart!), and they were barely coming in.

Me Too! 5 wisdom teeth.... we must be extra wise! It is hard to beat KFC for the first few days.... just don't drink the hydracodene like its water.... I had withdraws from that crap. It sucks because you wont be able to sleep at all.

[Samckitt]

I don't remember eating any different, just had to push it towards the front to chew. I didn't use any pain pills either. I even went to a concert that night. didn't bother me until I stuck two fingers in my mouth to whistle. OUCH.

[Declawed69]

Hmm I had mine done 3 years ago all 4 were impacted, they just yanked them out. But #4 didn't go out without a struggle and the novacaine wore off. All I got after was what amounted to motrin (ibuprofen 400mg) it didn't do squat so I didn't take it after the first day.

I just kept it packed with gauze the first 2 days and ate what ever and rinsed with peroxide. The holes had virtually closed up by week 3 for me.

Suck it up and eat solid food, just chew with your fronts.:yum:

no sucking either

[BLT2DRIVE]

What did you eat for the first few days? I had mine out yesterday and am STARVING. I am a BIG eater and this whole thing has disrupted my abilities.

I have been eating Jello, pudding, applesauce and my protein shakes.

So, what all did you eat?` I had mine out when I was 16. They were impacted, (in the bone) and I was in the Hospital (general anesthisia)for three days. My eyes were swollen shut and my face was so swollen I couldn't see my ears.... Looked like I'd been beaten with a bat! The top ones were an 1 & 1/2 inches long and had to be chiseled out of the bone. The bottom ones were just crowns, no roots yet. My jaw has popped eversince.....

[6'9"Witha69]

Ouch bro, OUCH!! I was told that due to my size and duration I had mine I had an 8 times higher chance (4% v. 0.5%) of having them into my sinus cavities. Fortunately that didn't happen. If it did, I'd be in that boat right now.

[BMF Machine]

If you are in to pain, eat some Tostito'S. I had mine out 19 years ago. I had liquid CodinE and I was wasted enough to eat Tostito'S. Got them in the sockets and bled like a stuck PiG! HurT like a MofO!

I quit drinkinG 6 years ago! I need to start again; it would help my TyloX worK wonders on my back pain! LmaO:drool:

A old DudE at my day job had 28 teeth pulled in 4 hours. It was last month and he is still a hurt puppy. The one good thing is you will never have to get it done again!


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Hope ya get well soon,

[MickMc]

I gotta have all 4 of mine removed. They are all impacted but are not causing me any trouble. Well...not yet anyway. I'm too chicken to go in. Now I hear I'm going to have holes in my mouth for months afterward?

Thanks guys, I really needed to hear that. LOL!!!


Tony

Make the appointment.
Better to have them out now, then when you have a problem, really.

Either it's going to be real easy or its going to be a real b itch, if you wait until there is a problem, then its for sure going to be a b itch.

The other thing is, the older you are the longer the healing time, so if you're young, you'll heal super quick, if you're 55, not so fast. Tomorrow you're another day older...

Make the phone call big stud, you're son will be proud, and you be happy because your company is footing most of the bill.
By the way, go to an oral surgeon, not a dentist, believe me. (look in the phone book, you want a guy who does one thing and one thing only, there is a difference)

The food is an issue at first when your mouth is stuffed with nasty cotton stuff, but after that soup is you friend, mac and cheese works too, shakes are great but watch the hot and cold or you'll see God.


Mick

[cluxford]

3 weeks of agony, in a really busy job, after work one evening in a city I was in for the week (ie not my home city) it got to the point I had to have em out.

So walking back to hotel stop off at a dentist, he says he is closing in an hour. I say great need my wisdom teeth yanked. In agony.

He X-rays em and sees they are growing horizontally and have cracked the last of the molars (bottom jaw both sides). He agrees they gotta go.

So nurse loads up both sides with a local.

Left side, out it comes nice and easy, in 2 mins. Molar OK.

Right side...30 mins later now on my 3rd local and closing time drawing near, doc says "****, we have a problem". I said what, he said it has grown over the bone, I will have to crack the bone and take bone out". I said OK it's coming up to 6pm I have a 7pm conference call with a customer, lets get cracking.

A further 4 locals later (yep 7 in total) and now 90 mins in the chair, the final shard of the wisdom tooth, bone and last molar (yep it was shattered and had to go as well) are finally out. It came out piece by piece....

Doc loads me up with panadol and says you'll have to find a chemist to get pain killers. This was 1997, and no 24 hours chemists in Melbourne then, so 1 hour later the local wears off.

I do the call with the customer then spend the night in a hotel bed writhing in more fricken pain than I care to remember.

Go to customer's office next morning, load up on pain killers at chemist before I get there.

Down the pain killers, and I am presenting a report that afternoon having not eaten a scrape of food (and having downed 6 pain killers over about 8 hours).

I pass out in front of the customer right there in the meeting room.

So lessons for the group:
1. Don't get em yanked on 7 locals at closing time in a non home city
2. Eat...don't have 6 pain killers on an empty stomach
3. Make sure when you pass out there is a good looking chick in the meeting, the heffa that looked after me, made me want to pass out again !!!!

[Steve Chryssos]

I bought a propeller hat and visited the local Hooters. I wasn't able to eat anything on the menu, but the hat / drool combo sure got some interesting reactions. Keep asking for two balloons.

[muthstryker]

Had mine out a year in april, I didnt bleed more then 10 mins out of surgery, I ate alot of scambled eggs, and milkshakes, then after awhile i graduated to taco omlets. those things are damn good.

[Brandon Miller]

First day I was so doped up on Mepragan I didn't know what was going on. After that for about 3 or 4 days I lived off chicken noodle soup, mac and cheese, and noodles.