A 33-year-old member asked:
How long before i can start eating more solid food after getting all 4 of my wisdom teeth taken out ?
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Dr. Theodore Davantzisanswered
Dentistry 42 years experience
When you're healed: Everyone heals at a different pace, so an exact time cannot be given. Usually a couple of days should be fine, but for some people it takes more than a week.
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Dr. Daniel Quonanswered
Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery 44 years experience
Whenever you want to: Patients think they cannot eat after having wisdom teeth removed, and some do not because they are still numb or afraid of possible pain. Many of my patients have told me that after having four wisdom teeth removed, they stopped enroute home to eat a hamburger or other fast food and that surgery never affected their diet. Start out with soft foods and advance to solid food as you can tolerate.
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Dr. R Lee Hinson commented
Dentistry 40 years experience
Good nutrition is very important during healing
Jun 9, 2013
Dr. Tarek Hamidanswered
Dentistry 11 years experience
24/48 hours: You can eat solid food right after or when your numbness goes away.
But in general we avoid rough and grainy foods as it might get wedged in the sockets or pop sutures if you have sutures after extraction.
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