What can you eat after you have your wisdom teeth extracted?
There are several things that you can eat/drink after getting
your wisdom teeth pulled. BUT FIRST....JUST MAKE SURE YOU DON'T
DRINK ANYTHING THROUGH A STRAW (sucking or spitting puts you at
risk for infection), DON'T HAVE TOO MUCH DAIRY because it reacts
badly and makes you feel really sick with hydrocodone/Vicodin
(which is probably the pain killer you'll get), DON'T LET ANY FOOD
GET NEAR YOUR STITCHES or let any drinks in your mouth because of
infections, AND MAKE SURE YOU RINSE WITH WARM SALT WATER after each
time you eat, or at least 4 times a day to clean your mouth out and
prevent infections. Anyway, what you eat all varies based on the
pain you're experiencing and how much you can open your mouth, but
here's what I did to try to get some vitamins and protein in me:
Day One: milk/chocolate milk, applesauce, V8/V8 Splash, thin shakes
(thicker is harder to swallow without sucking), the best shake I
discovered: 2 smashed bananas, 1 chocolate SlimFast, 2 teaspoons
Splenda, 6-8 scoops vanilla ice cream (tastes like banana brownie
batter), I don't recommend icee smoothies because it's harder to
get down without sucking it down DAY TWO: all the above, as well as
pudding (not too thick or you'll have to suck it back to your
throat and that puts you at greater risk for infections), frozen
yogurt, regular yogurt, soft serve ice cream, soft canned
peaches/pears smushed into small pieces -- or basically anything
that you can break into small enough pieces so you don't have to
chew, but just swallow....whatever you eat, don't let it in your
mouth or get back near your stitches...just swallow it straight
back DAY THREE: the pain in your mouth will probably peak on the
third day, so just consume anything that is not too painful to chew
or swallow without getting food near your stitches....if you're not
in too much pain then you can eat what I ate: anything from day one
or two, small swallow-size pieces of soft white bread or potato
bread with smashed & salted avocado on it, mashed potatoes,
very soft pasta like macaroni and cheese cut up into tiny pieces,
scrambled eggs in tiny pieces, pasta sauce on soft bread pieces (to
get a good vege serving in you), etc.
