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After having a molar (26) extracted, when can you eat on that side?
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3-7 days to "normal": You can eat as soon as the anesthesia (numbness) is gone and be pretty safe. Just don't chew on the left side. Then progress back to normal (without tooth) over the week. Tooth extraction is like any other wound/injury. It has to heal. We have inflammation (pain, swelling and redness) to enforce loss of function--don't use it! just like sprained ankle--if you try to walk on it, you risk re-injury.
Answered 11/28/2013
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