r/wisdomteeth

Had all four of my wisdom teeth removed friday evening. Two were impacted, one with an absess, one had breached my sinuses. Friday evening wad super rough. Still had some bleeding yesterday, and im generaally just scared of hurting myself or making the wounds worse.

I have barely eaten anything since Friday aside from maybr 500calories of very smooth smoothie. Im very hungry, but im also very naseuous - the nausea is also impacting my ability to take my pain meds. Fairly sure the nausea is because i need to eat.

What are some good foods that would be safe to eat at this time?

hi, i got 4 wisdom teeth removed this wednesday, two of the bottom ones were surgically removed as they were impacted. Im rlly depressed rn, i can’t even look at a plate of mashed potatoes anymore. my dentist didn’t really give me a timeline or anything of when i could start eating more solid food. idk if anyone here has experienced 4 wisdom teeth removed at once, with two impacted, but if so, when did u start being able to eat a little bit more? i checked this other post that said not to eat anything other than mush till day 10-15 cause of dry socket. as far as ive been told, u dont get dry socket by eating something a lil more solid on day 9 but whatever. anyway sorry for the rant im rlly depressed. if anyone has tips let me know. i was thinking of maybe trying pastina on day 7 (?)

im 6 days post op, i had double jaw surgery and 2 lower wisdom teeth removal. recovery is great so far, the swelling has decreased a lot. except on the left side of my face (around the area of where my wisdom teeth was removed, i assume thats normal.) and on my neck i have a bit of bruising. the other half of my face is almost completely fine, it does have a bit of swelling, but not much less than the other, it honestly looks symmetrical. the issue is.. i have an ache on the left side of my face (mainly around the area of my wisdom teeth) that even goes up to my ear a bit (although its not painful at all and i can deal with it), i have horrible breath and my temperature is fluctuating between 37°C and 38°C. yesterday it even went up to ~38,5°C, but i took meds and it dropped by a lot. i used to hear cracking sounds on the left side when i open and close my mouth.
should i be worried? at first i assumed some food got stuck, but maybe it could be something else too.

also about hygiene, i do brush my front teeth (although its pretty hard to get to the back of my teeth, i still try to) and i use my medication to wash my mouth. i do this around twice a day.

I‘m now 3 days post-op. I woke up today feeling fine, but then after I came home from the mall I fell asleep then woke up feeling nauseous as hell. I just finished my antibiotics in the morning as well, and I haven’t took any pain meds yet! Any advice or recommendation of how to manage it? I have been feeling like this since the day after my wisdom tooth removal and I thought it was my final doses of antibiotics or my ibuprofen, but no I don’t think it is..

I had my wisdom teeth removed on June 24th, so it’s been 10 days today! I am a huge rule follower and am feeling frustrated about when I can actually start smoking weed again. I’m incredibly anxious and weed helps me manage that.

Weed is legal in my state. I called my oral surgeon at 7 days to ask and they said, “we can’t really tell you what to do or not to do, but we can say that smoking will prolong healing.” This wasn’t very helpful to me so I decided to just keep waiting.

I understand the risk of dry socket but due to some of my medications edibles don’t process correctly for me and I don’t feel the effects. For the last 10 days I’ve taken different variations of 50-80mg of edibles and have felt very little to nothing at all.

I don’t have any pain in my mouth and one set of stitches is already dissolved. I guess I’m just asking how bad would it be if I smoked today? I’m autistic and not having a concrete answer is miserable to me.

Um.. idk about you guys but I haven't been able to go since the night before my surgery 6/25. It's now 7/04 and after 2 laxatives, about 10 stool softeners, and all the boiled zucchini you can think of, I finally DIED tonight. It straight up felt like I was moving ANVILS through my ass.

I know people don't like to talk about it cuz it's TMI or icky but wow the ibuprofen and tylenol spam (alongside antibiotic), plus basically only drinking liquid for a week coupled with the 2 weeks of not eating before my operation bc my wisdom teeth were literally broken and the immense stress and fucking unending anxiety over dry socket and potential infections and not being able to smoke - has completely destroyed my "toilet schedule".

And it goes further than that because I am genuinely terrified of returning to solids - I draw the line at a mashed potato - what the fuck?!? and I'm on day 8 man - what a joke 🤣.

Everyone else is like I loaded up a plate of hot chips with razor blades and hand grenades and it was so good - day 2 btw, sorry sucker!

Idk the thought of my mouth being actually garroted in all 4 corners kinda makes eating a terrifying process for me. And then it's like just the eating can be a cause of infection like HELLO EATING DISORDER I DID NOT HAVE!!!! (the reason I say that is because according to my dad and my gf and myself my holes are closed - the gums have been pulled over the extraction sites and stitched together - to protect my blood clot underneath and promote healing. This being said, all videos show the dentist jamming the syringe into the extraction site and blasting solution in there - I can't do that yet - and given I am 8 days in I am just fucking terrified of getting an infection. I will call my dentist on Monday and ask them what the fuck I am supposed to do and why I was given syringes and told to start 5-7 days after and on day 8 my shit is still closed? i'm glad it's still closed tbh when I see the gaping wounds I will probably either 1) pass out or 2) kms on the spot LOL.

I hope my laments can make someone out there know they are not alone. Also, I didn't use AI to generate this - I am just a very upset person (borderline psychotic post op) with no friends to talk to, and my dad and my gf just cannot bear to hear another word of my constant complaining. I'm just upset, not a robot 😢

Yall i was trying to use the syringe to clean the sites and trying to put it near the site, I was a dumb and clumsy and knocked my hand which ended up with some of my stitches jsur flying out 😭😭

And to make it even more terrifying ,
It was the knotted end too

Thankfully I am not bleeding but I am worried I just set back my healing heaps

I am 10 days post op,
Has anyone had a similar experience?

I had 4x Erupted wisdom teeth taken out Friday 6/26.

Today I watched two videos about irrigation syringes, and in both videos the DENTIST is placing them inside of the patient's extraction sites. I mean the syringe is literally being put INSIDE of the wounds. Here's the problem - I am unable to locate any openings like that in my mouth?! According to me and my dad who checked it appears my gum has actually covered the extraction sites - i.e i need to break my fucking gums to get the syringe in there. Why in the FUCK would anyone recommend I do that? Wouldn't that literally be like restarting the clot process from day 0 (surgery day)? My dad said absolutely do not fucking do that it's retarded (he is a gastroenterologist transplant hepatologist) - so buddy knows what he's talking about for sure. However, he is not an oral surgeon... And the oral surgeons are like yeah just fucking mutilate your healing gum tissues ROFL YOLO!

I am super fucking confused - and terrified to develop some kind of mouth cancer/aids infection. I really can't handle that shit bro y'all are troopers im popping my top immediately if that happens cba.

Lastly - I watched a video where they suggest to brush the EXTRACTION SITES. What the fuck kind of diabolical shit is that? press the BRISTLES into the newly forming gum that is covering my extraction sites? What the fuck is that going to do BESIDES IRRITATE THE WOUNDS?!??!?!?!?!?!?!?!? Idk maybe I am retarded but friction can BUST OPEN THE FUCKING WOUND.... WHY WOULD I DO THAT? I hit my second molars on the sides and top but I do not BRUSH the fucking back and slam my fucking tooth brush into my gums where the extraction site is. Like what kind of good can blunt force trauma and friction do to healing tissues and my gum in general besides irritate it?

If my shit appears to be closed (I DONT SEE ANY OPENING TO INSERT ANYTHING AND MY DAD DOESNT EITHER) am I really expected to bust my gums open? Or do I just spray it from above my extraction sites like I did today (day 7 going into day 8)? I have been eating nothing but ensure shakes and applesauce.

Also, let me just say, the amount of DIFFERENT ANSWERS for post op for this surgery is terrifying. I understand that it's a subjective surgery and everything plays a part in it, but the instructions are DIFFERENT AND GENERIC and the scary part is nobody really clarifies what differentiates the post op - i.e, if you had 1 impacted vs 4 what would be different.

For how common this surgery is - there is basically NO useful information about it online, and I was quite disappointed with post op instructions I received from my oral surgeon at a VERY famous hospital. And generic answers that range between this number and that number depending on if my nuts itch or not. Like what the heck is this bs.

TLDR - Are your extraction sites physically covered by gum tissue? I can see my stitches are still there at the bottom, so I think I may be jumping the gun? Eventually I will have an exposed open socket? like idk maybe on day 14 or some shit? Idk man I am so fucking confused. Just let me know what you're doing based on the extraction sites that you have. I appreciate it in advance - sorry for the rant I am just literally at my wits end with this bullshit bro.

Wondering if it’s normal for my breath to be a lil.. stinky.. after the surgery? Im on day 3 of healing and i have this nasty taste in my mouth, i have brushed my teeth since the surgery but my tongue is constantly white & my breath smells even though i scrap my tongue in the morning & night, and it’s never really been white before. Jw if it’s normal/will go away before i waste a trip to urgent care.

mind you my surgeon never once informed me that this was a possibility, even looking on my xray and could easily see that my nerves were wrapped around my bottom left wisdom tooth. just told me afterward that i could be experiencing some numbness. my entire chin and lower lip is dead weight. it makes it very hard to distinguish actual pain at this point because all i feel is this mass of tingly, off putting skin on the bottom of my face that radiates to my jaw. it’s day 5 and i suppose it’s gotten “better” in that it is no longer 100% dead and numb and is now pins and needles horrible sensation.

I have a clearly infected socket on the lower right side. Thick yellowish-white pus and green discharge and what looks like an empty socket. It’s moderately painful and somewhat swollen. I called the on-call surgeon and he prescribed antibiotics to pick up tomorrow. I’ll see my surgeon two days from now on Monday.

I’m afraid if I wait until Monday I might get a worse infection or sepsis. I have horrible health anxiety. There’s a chance I can see a doctor today in person but it’s a pain to get to the office. Should I go anyway if they can fit me in? I don’t know if it’s overkill or not. I’m just scared.