If your teeth and gums are in very poor condition, then your dentist may recommend that you have full mouth rehabilitation. A full mouth rehabilitation generally consists of dental crowns, implants, bridges, veneers, gum grafts, and more. This can essentially change the way that your entire smile looks and the way your mouth functions. While it creates wonderful results, it does take a bit of time to fully recover from this procedure. If you are mentally and physically prepared, then the procedure can go smoothly for you. Here are two tips for recovering from full mouth rehabilitation.

Be Cautious While Eating Or Drinking Right After Surgery 

The first couple of weeks after your surgery will require you to exercise caution when eating and drinking. Your teeth and gums will be very sensitive at this time and will likely even be painful for you when you aren't eating or drinking. Start out by drinking a lot of smoothies and try to make sure that they aren't too cold. You can also eat soups that are easy to swallow, just make sure that these aren't too hot. Ice cream can even be cool and soothing on your teeth and gums. Other good foods to eat when getting used to your new teeth are bananas, yogurt, bread, scrambled eggs, and other soft foods. 

Be Patient With Yourself

Learning to speak, chew, drink, and otherwise function with an entirely new set of teeth is quite the change and can be a big learning experience for you. Because of this, it is very important that you are patient with yourself. At first, you will have some pain in your teeth as they adjust, and then once this pain has subsided, you will need to begin the process of seeing how you eat foods. You may find that some foods need to be cut before you eat them and other foods may be too sticky, hot, cold, etc., for your teeth. If you run into any problems or experience any pain after your recovery while eating or drinking, be sure to contact your dentist for help. 

Recovering from full mouth rehabilitation can be a bit of a challenge, but if you are willing to be very cautious with the foods that you eat and drink initially and if you are patient with yourself in terms of learning new ways to speak, eat, drink, etc., then you can have a successful recovery process. 

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