What's the best thing I can eat after I just got my wisdom teeth out?

milkshakes!!!

If you make them w/ whole milk it will give you a bunch of fat along w/ the sugar and take away those hunger pains.

ramen!

Ramen w/ a milkshake chaser!

Splurge. Go for a Wendy’s Frosty. Mmmm.

Don’t listen to the milkshake advice!!!! 1) Cold = pain right after extraction 2) Whatever you do, DON’T USE A STRAW – it will pull the “blood clot” right out, and you will get dry socket, which is a pain like no other. Trust me on this, I’ve been there and done that.

To answer your actual question, my advice is anything warm or room temp, that’s soft. Nothing you have to slurp, suck, or chew too much. Maybe a banana?

yeah I heard never use a straw n everytime I eat soup it droops outta my mouth gross I know but it’s true

Don’t smoke either, same deal…it sucks

haha well atleast it’ll help me quit

@augustian. I totally disagree. I recommended the milkshakes from personal experience. I subsisted on milkshakes after having 4 wisdom teeth out, 2 of which were impacted.

@Snoopy: Well, that cold sensitivity may have just been my experience…my mouth is somewhat sensitive, even in normal circumstances.

Hmmmm. Maybe the narcotics helped the milkshakes go down a little easier :)

Just a spoonful of oxycodone makes the milkshake go down…

or make it so you don’t care if you have a milkshake or go hungry.

after i got mine out (they were all impacted), i pretty much lived on minute maid lemonade and limeade pops, homemade soups, tcby white chocolate mousse, and milkshakes of every flavor.
i don’t remember eating it, but it occurs to me that applesauce would be a good choice.

yeah my teeth were all impacted thatswhy I’m having such a hard time

Actually, applesauce is a very good choice. Also oatmeal, (or any cooked cereal), rice, mashed potatoes (white or sweet), pudding, jello, thick soup, and anything you can drink from a glass or eat with a spoon without moving your jaw very much.

Cap’n Crunch, hold the milk. And rock candy!

@stratman WTF?!

ya my doctor said nothing cold when i got mine out and straws were a BIG no no, i ate a lot of jello pudding and yogurt

Potato soup or vichyssoise.

@kevbo what’s vichyssoise?? Sounds tasty! LOL

http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Vichyssoise/Detail.aspx

sorry, that was not very sensitive.

@greylady: I’d stay away from the oatmeal and the rice for a few days, too. That’s just about the size to get stuck. It’s been a while since they cut the last one out of my mouth, but I still cringe over a painful piece of rice.

To answer the question, what worked for me was some of the other things folks have mentioned including greylady. Soups are good if there aren’t chunks. Also, spaghettiOs, the original kind without meatballs. You don’t really have to chew them and if a piece starts to go somewhere you don’t want it to it’ll just kind of melt away instead of getting stuck. I had a lot of pudding. I wish I’d thought of mashed potatoes. My mouth was sore for a while and I was getting sick of everything I could manage to eat.

@augustlan tee hee hee

Eat foods that are room temperature. Puddings and Jell-o is good. Let soups cool down a bit. Absolutely no straws. Try not to eat anything to hard or that breaks in crunchy pieces (like chips) because if a tiny little piece gets back there it can be a bitch getting it out.

OK. I think people are making too big a deal about the straw thing. I know about the risk of dry sockets….but there is a difference between sucking pudding through a straw (for example) and milk.
One could make the argument that it may be less painful to use a straw gently than to pry open your mouth to drink from a cup…..

Have you had dry socket, Snoopy? It isn’t pleasant. Why would you even want to risk getting it? Sure opening your mouth a tad might hurt, but having dry socket for days hurts worse.

Well no, Allie, I have not had dry socket. And I did eat milkshakes after having my wisdom teeth out, using straws. Guess I was living on the edge. You share your experience, I share mine.

And I stand by what I suggested before. The physical force required to suck a liquid thru a straw is insignificantly different than drinking it from a glass. The doctor tells you not to use a straw at all as it is easier to make carte blanch statements like “don’t use a straw” than to spend 20 minutes trying to explain to someone exactly how much force is allowable. It comes down to using common sense and good judgement.

Right, that makes sense (about the “sucking force”). You’re lucky you didn’t get dry socket. I wish I hadn’t gotten it. =[

Maybe a little yogurt would do you some good, but make sure it’s room temperature, and don’t use a straw!