Hopefully you'll feel more comfortable eating within a few days. We tell patients it may take between one and two weeks to feel comfortable eating, but they only have to wait two hours before eating their usual diet. We recommend eating their usual diet, as most people adjust easier that way.
There are a few suggested eating changes in the book we give to our young patients, this mostly relates to very hard, very sticky and very sugary foods.
The first time I ate pizza after my b-day ... I think about a week after, I cut it up into small pieces and thoroughly enjoyed the pizza, but not the way I was eating it. From then on, I've managed to pull pieces of pizza off with my teeth ... not a great sight, but with teeth that rarely meet, I've found that 'where there's a will there's a way' ... has worked for me.
You may find that cutting hard food into smaller pieces is easier for you for a week or two, but the most important thing to do is to get back to eating the foods you enjoy. Also remember that if your teeth are feeling tender on one side, then you're best to chew on your other side. Same goes for the front teeth, as I think it was a few months before I felt confident enough to chew with them.
With a will of iron ... you'll definitely get this sorted! Good luck!
