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Recently I just removed all four of my wisdom teeth because they all go sideways and need to be removed. Let me tell you that it hurts like hell when the anesthetic gone.

Anyway, what you should do after wisdom teeth removal.

First of all, take the medication from your doctor which usually are antibiotics and pain-killer.

One to three days after the removal you want to get a close care of your mouth. At this period your mouth still numbs and you don’t want to poke anything into the gum where the extraction took place. Don’t poke with your finger or your tongue, I know there something awkward going on in your mouth but hold your urge to poke it to prevent any infection.

What you going to eat is going to be tricky because you must eat food that is soft. You could eat porridge, soup, ice cream and fruit juice. If you only remove one tooth then you could eat with the other side of your mouth. During first day, when I first eat I only taste blood.

Your cheek is also going to swell so big that you’ll think that you been stung by a Bee in the cheek. Avoid smoking and alcohol during this time as it slows your healing progress.

Should you brush your teeth? For the first 24 hours don’t. The next day you can brush your teeth. I remember that opening my mouth is excruciating and I only manage to open a small gap between my teeth and enough for me to brush my teeth. You want to make sure that it doesn’t poke the area where the extraction took place. My advice is just to wash your mouth if you can’t get yourself to brush your teeth.

Four to seven days after wisdom teeth removal you should be get used to the pain already. By this time you should go to your doctor again to check the healing process of your teeth and to remove the stitches. Rumor has it that they use cat gut for the stitches.

If you still unused to the pain then you should ask for more pain-killer, like I did.

Brushing your teeth should be do-able by this time and you should clean it, but like always don’t poke that area.

what is normal time for swelling after wisdom teeth removal? The normal time for swelling after wisdom teeth removal is a week. For me, it has been a week and it still show a mild swelling. I could eat normally and no swelling after two weeks.

posted: 12 January 20
under: Things you might not know