Just hit the week 4 mark on a tooth extraction. I lived off of mushy and liquid foods for about 3 days, but I only had one tooth out so it was easy to just chew on the other side of my mouth. In essence, the longer you can go without agitating the extraction sites the better. If you knock loose the blood clot, as I'm sure you know, you can get dry socket. If I had all four corners extracted then I would probably stay on a liquid diet for as long as I could stand to. Technically dry socket can happen at any point during the healing so just be gentle and keep your mouth closed when possible. Only other thing I can recommend is be diligent with saline rinses after eating, just don't swish too hard or suck as it could increase the likelihood of removing the blood clot (I tipped my head back and forth). If you smoke, do it through your nose lol.
Nothing is ever TRULY necessary, I'm sure plenty of people have fully healed with no aftercare at all--the question is will you and do you care? Saline rinses are the best way to help clean the extraction sites since you can't brush or use mouthwash at first (mouthwash until much later). Saline is a natural disinfectant. It's easy to make, just buy some non-iodized sea salt (specifically) and add enough salt to a mug of boiled or hot distilled water (around 1 tsp) so that it's no saltier than a potato chip. Don't have to rise long, usually 30 sec-1min
Just hit the week 4 mark on a tooth extraction. I lived off of mushy and liquid foods for about 3 days, but I only had one tooth out so it was easy to just chew on the other side of my mouth. In essence, the longer you can go without agitating the extraction sites the better. If you knock loose the blood clot, as I'm sure you know, you can get dry socket. If I had all four corners extracted then I would probably stay on a liquid diet for as long as I could stand to. Technically dry socket can happen at any point during the healing so just be gentle and keep your mouth closed when possible. Only other thing I can recommend is be diligent with saline rinses after eating, just don't swish too hard or suck as it could increase the likelihood of removing the blood clot (I tipped my head back and forth). If you smoke, do it through your nose lol.
are saline rinses necessary?
Nothing is ever TRULY necessary, I'm sure plenty of people have fully healed with no aftercare at all--the question is will you and do you care? Saline rinses are the best way to help clean the extraction sites since you can't brush or use mouthwash at first (mouthwash until much later). Saline is a natural disinfectant. It's easy to make, just buy some non-iodized sea salt (specifically) and add enough salt to a mug of boiled or hot distilled water (around 1 tsp) so that it's no saltier than a potato chip. Don't have to rise long, usually 30 sec-1min