Wisdom Teeth Extractions RECOVERY TIPS (How To Heal Fast)

Getting your wisdom teeth out? Let's talk about how you can heal quickly by planning ahead!

These days, most dentists don’t need to prescribe strong pain pills or narcotics for wisdom tooth recovery. Instead, cold compresses or over-the-counter anti-inflammatories are all that’s needed. As long as you keep inflammation down, the recovery process can be as straightforward as possible. If prescription pain relieves are necessary, it’s usually only for the first day or so of your wisdom teeth recovery.

Most importantly, follow your surgical home care instructions as carefully as possible. That means no smoking, no drinking through a straw (the suction might pull your clot out and cause a dry socket) and again, taking medication as directed. You’ll also need to be really gentle about cleaning your mouth. Don’t brush around your extraction sites for several days and only rinse gently to remove food debris. Try to avoid spitting (again, because of dislodging the clot) and instead let any water just gently drip out of your mouth.

For the first few days of your wisdom teeth recovery, plan to stick to a soft diet. Food like yogurt, ice cream, pudding, applesauce, and cottage cheese are all great to have on hand. Since your mouth will be numb for several hours after the appointment, try not to have anything that’s too hot, such as soup. After several days you can move on to more firm foods. Just be sure to avoid anything that’s too hard or crunchy, as they might damage the extraction sites.

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[FAMOUSDRB]

Got my top wisdom teeth out I'm on day 5 don't be scared you will feel way better my headaches and chest pains went away asap don't be scared of getting the wisdom teeth out God bless everyone

[Ash-xjei]

To anyone who is in the same place dying and wanting the process to go faster and searching for answers, it sucks but it takes time, my best advice is work your way up to chewing, I was scared the first couple of days but I finally slowly started to chew softer foods and it helped a lot with the tightness and crap, it’s like physical therapy, don’t forget to do the salt water rinses by the way, they help a lot in making sure it doesn’t get infected or anything. Have a good day, drink water and get some sleep.

[emmaberes]

I’ve been living off chocolate pudding, apple sauce, and jello since I got my wisdom teeth out this morning and I’m already sick of it !!!

[Doc_Houdini]

My boyfriend just recommended this video since I got them out this morning and my orthodontist didn’t prescribe meds until just today and barely gave instructions on how to take care of myself aside from “no straw, no crunchy/spicy foods, no sports or smoking”

So thank you for this!

[tienvdoan]

I got it done 5 days ago. My pain only peaked for couple hours and I didn’t fell pain overnight when I sleeping. I took ibuprofen 4 hours after my surgery. Bought a case of protein milk, yogurts. Days 2 I only ate yogurts. Day 3 I ate porridge and broth. Day 4 I started eating seedless fruit. Day 5 I had some coffee because I’m so caffeinated. Now I’m pain-free. My surgery is successful beyond my expectations

[mar-bnnk]

i’m on day 5 right now and I am feeling so much better. Days 1 and 2 were the absolute worst. My swelling was insane but has almost gone completely down since. Cant wait to go back to eating solid foods again 😂

[MattHawk.]

If you’re reading this, and about to get yours out, i wouldnt be scared, I was terrified, got all 4 of mine out and there was nothing to be worried about. I know everyone might not have the same expeirence but heres mine. I’m on day three with absolutely no pain and can eat pretty good already. Also Sleeping just fine. Just do everything your doctor says and take your medicine and you will be fine. had hardly any swelling. I literally have no pain at all from all three days and I got no prescription narcotics, just ibuprofen and antibiotics.

[RubenRodriguez-odnx]

24 and just got 3 wisdom teeth that I had left taken out and Lord have mercy I'm in so much pain 😭 Can't wait to look back and be glad it's over!

[utKOE]

I got all 4 of them removed a little over 2 months ago! The healing process was dreadful, but I'm glad everything's back to normal now :)

[therodriguezfamily]

I am 3 days post surgery, got 4 wisdom teeth removed, local anesthesia and all were impacted, honestly it’s going pretty good, surgery was very easy, and as long as you take the medicines on time you won’t be in pain, but hey I just gave birth 3 weeks ago so that’s probably why I don’t find this pain bad at all, compared to giving birth this is nothing 😅😅😅

[ethanredekopp]

Just got all 4 out today. Pretty swollen and the pain is moderate. I’ll give y’all an update tomorrow

[jeremyvizza]

Got all 4 of mine pulled roughly 48 hours ago. Not much pain or swelling at this point, hopefully it stays that way. Don't let these comments freak you out, just follow the post op instructions your surgeon gives you and you'll be fine.

[boom]

I got 2 wisdom teeth out yesterday at 30 years old, still waiting for this insane pain everybody had me scared about beforehand 😂Didn't feel anything during the surgery (I was awake with injections) Been taking Ibuprofen every 6 hours and feel fine!

[Mrs.Jennifer_A]

Hey everyone! I wanted to share my experience. I got my wisdom teeth removed at age 40 on 4-17-23. Surgery was around 10:30am so not quite 24 hours yet. No pain at all, even on yesterday. I’m so grateful for that as I was a nervous wreck on yesterday plus I suffer from hypertension. I took my first pain medication about an hour postoperative. I also chose the deep sedation option as well. I wasn’t fully asleep. I felt a lot of tugging on my right side as that was the difficult one to pulled as it was growing sideways. I will say, I had a lot of bleeding so I changed the gauze after an hour and bite down more. I kept releasing the fluids that build up in my mouth, by letting it just drip out no spitting. After about 3 hours or so, all the bleeding stopped. I slept fine. I woke up a little swollen and applied the cold pad. I take my medicine 7/3/11 every 8 hours on schedule. So far so good! Good luck everyone. You got this!!

I’m eating applesauce, yogurt, Jello, ice cream, sipping veggie broth and eating oatmeal. I may try mashed up baked fish later in the week.. I’m already sick of eating this stuff, lol

[anikaz]

I’m 26, got all 4 wisdom teeth out yesterday, and honestly doing great. I just got laughing gas and numbing shots. Dentist sutured 2 of my extraction sites. Took the high dose ibuprofen when I could feel the numbing shots wearing off.

After surgery, I started off with using gauze until there wasn’t fresh blood anymore and there formed clots on the extraction sites (dark reddish brown clump of blood covering the extraction sites). Didn’t eat until about 2-3 hrs later. Gently poured water in my mouth to get red of excess blood and let it pour out (no spitting the first day). Minimal movement.
At 24hrs now, have been taking it easy, eating icecream, other soft foods like lentils and pudding, I’m still doing well with recovery! Still doing a few daily activities. Little blood oozing here and there but for the most part it has stopped.

The worst part I would say is the gauze but that’ll only be a one day thing for you hopefully! I was prescribed steroids for swelling and higher dose ibuprofen. No crunchy/hard foods. Try eating with your front teeth and to break food, try squishing with your tongue at the roof of your mouth. Cleaning wise, No aggressive swishing but the next morning still brushing my teeth around the areas that aren’t near the extraction sites and putting in and letting water leave my mouth freely along with the toothpaste. GOODLUCK!!

[gagejohnson]

What a great video!!! I’m 17 and getting my wisdom teeth out this week and I’m honestly terrified not for the surgery but more so the recovery!! This video definitely helped me feel better and have rest assured that everything will be ok!! Keep up the amazing work!!! :)

[adrianlozano]

I got my wisdom teeth removed today and this video has calmed me down lol

[safiyyah]

Got my wisdom teeth out yesterday… I’m got all 4 out, this pain is crazy I’m glad I got them all out at once so that I don’t have to go back to experience the same thing. Been eating vanilla ice cream, danimals yogurt, and mash potatoes 😭😭

[miiglelt]

“just relax and enjoy your healing”
OH HELL NAW

[tourinojacks]

This is THE BEST post tooth extraction video in the game. Straight to the point and extremely descriptive answering ALL questions that one would have.
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