Wisdom Teeth Surgery

The pain meds will help you in the beginning. Take it easy on the exercise for a few days.

I had mine surgically removed, and the pain isn't horrible. I remember being in bad pain for a day, but you get some pretty hefty pain meds, so exercise isn't recommended anyways for a few days after. I was told a week, but they didn't want anything happening to the stitches or getting dry socket.. And I've heard that having that happen is 3x more painful than the procedure.

As the above user said, use ice packs as much as possible. I ended up with killer bruising around my cheeks that eventually faded to yellowish. As an artist, I was ready to start smacking every person that asked if I had paint on my face (I was an angsty 17 year old hah).

Pain-wise, it's a walk in the park with the right pain meds. My gums are very tough so when I was kid all my teeth needed "help" to break through. My wisdom teeth never actually showed up until I got a major infection in my lower right side and I let it get to a point where it spread to the bone before I decided to do something about it. Even after an extensive surgery the healing was not as bad as I imagined it to be. You feel a bit of pain for the first couple of days, then it just feels "weird" and you feel kind of "protective" of it, but that's about it. Protective, in the sense that you pay attention to things that you usually don't, like you are aware of it when you happen to swallow your saliva and are very careful not to disturb it for example. You pay attention when you drink your food that it's the right temperature and that you don't suck it in too fast fearing you would disturb the surgical site, you are careful to avoid actions that causes the site to throb... etc. Mostly stuff in your head.

Exercise, I wasn't allowed to for the first two weeks, but your doctors may have different specifications for your particular case. I ate at maintenance during that time (except for the first couple of days where I was still groggy and did not feel like eating) so I did not feel like not exercising left me with too few calories. Liquid foods are not as satisfying as solid foods so the extra calories were welcome. Plus I knew I needed good nutrition to heal properly.

What was hard is that I had a very long healing time because the surgery was pretty involved and I got really bored of eating a liquid diet. In your case it may not be as bad. On the plus side, I have discovered some of the best soft foods I never knew I liked.

Hanicombs wrote: »

Hiya guys, I'm getting all of my wisdom teeth out on the 4th and I'm really concerned that with my diet pretaining liquids for a while, and the pain, will I be able to still try and stick to my diet/exercise plan? I pulled a muscle in my back a few days ago so exercise is already difficult with that pain, I was just wondering how bad it'd be while my mouth is healing.

I had mine done a long time ago. I remember vomiting when I came home and going to sleep. I don't remember the pain being bad after the first couple of days. I had something to take for the pain.
It was challenging for food because my family were jerks about purposefully eating my favorite foods in front of me. I couldn't chew without pain so I didn't really want to eat them but it was mentally a bit negative. I don't remember being on a total liquid diet after the first day but I had to eat soft things that I didn't have to chew for awhile.
I wasn't exercising regularly at the time but was pretty much able to do my normal life after a couple of days.
http://www.acosinc.com/surgical-instructions/diet-after-wisdom-teeth-surgery/
http://www.omsanc.com/surgical-instructions/wisdom-tooth-removal.html
http://www.theoralsurgerycenter.com/surgical-instructions/wisdom-tooth-removal/

I wouldn't worry about diet or exercise for a couple of weeks until you are healed.

No exercise at first- you don't want to raise your blood pressure and increase the risk of bleeding and dry socket. And it's pretty unlikely you're going to feel like it. Accept that going forward so you don't feel like a failure. It also takes most people a day or two to be completely over the side effects of anesthesia.

Mine were all impacted, enough so that they damaged an adjacent tooth taking one of them out, and while the pain wasn't terrible, just kind of achy, I did feel just plain run-down and tired for about a week, which isn't helped by the fact that your diet is so limited. After a couple of days on all-liquids and with little appetite from the pain meds you're probably not going to be feeling up to much but sitting in a recliner and staring at the tv.

Your body is trying to heal, so I would caution against restricting calories, too, especially if your typical deficit is very large. It's okay to take a short break on losing to ensure a quick and complete recovery from surgery. Doesn't mean you should stop paying attention to your intake- I suppose it's theoretically possible to go over your maintenance calories on an all-liquid diet, although I don't think I ever got close, and I was sick to death of jello and soup by the time I was done. But don't stress if you have to put losing on temporary hold over a real health problem.

Every experience is different. Mine were impacted badly. I slept through the pain for 5 days, which about when I could manage soft food. I looked and felt like I had gone a few rounds with Mike Tyson for a few weeks afterward.i wouldn't have dreamed of exercising then.
I have friends who have gone to work the next day, so you could be just fine. Won't know til you get there. Either way you should probably take it easy for a few days, you don't want to cause any bleeding and slow down your healing time.

Honestly... you're probably going to be on pain medication which will make you sleep a lot. Give yourself a break. You'll heal fast enough.

When I got mine out I slept for 2 days straight and kept throwing up anything I did eat (which of course made them infected ick hahah).

Veryana wrote: »

Get big straws from shop in case your jaw hurts, that way you won't have to open your mouth wide for eating. Food is pretty easy to do, a lot of smoothies taste great and you can add calories by adding ice cream or yoghurt to them. I'm having similar problem atm with septoplasty, I'm not allowed to eat hot or warm stuff this week. So far I survived just fine with smoothies which had fruits/berries, yoghurt and something to make it thin enough to drink it with straw. Also prepare a lot of ice cubes you can put in your mouth and keep there, it helps with swelling and bleeding. Also ice packs to press against cheek

And don't do exercises for few days. Spend the time doing something else like light stretching instead. Dealing with a lot of bleeding is nasty and it might be difficult to stop without help. Few days without exercises isn't going to do any harm to you.

Straws are generally not recommended after tooth extractions (no smoking, either) as the suction runs the risk of dislodging a clot and causing bleeding or dry socket.

my 16 yo daughter had 4 of hers removed on Thursday....you will be on soft foods/liquids for 5 days.. ice packs first 2 days then moist heat after that... each persons experience is going to be different and pain tolerance levels. but you should not exercise till oral surgeon gives you the okay....good luck to you and dont worry till you finish healing to resume diet and exercise your health and healing is priority...

I had mine pulled, I think I drank liquid meals for a day, and only because my face was numb and I didn't want to bite my cheek. The pain was worse at the follow up visit for stitch removal. I couldn't figure out why one spot hurt so bad and the rest didn't. The doc that removed my stitches said that the surgeon had accidentally stitched my cheek to my gum. One little snip later I was fine.

I had 4 pulled and couldn't really eat for a week. I lost a ton of weight!

Don't exercise for a week or so. As far as the eating part, there are plenty of ways to get the calories you need in liquid/smoothie form.