Wisdom Teeth Recovery: Soft Foods, Exercise & Diet

Recovering from wisdom teeth extraction requires a soft food diet and avoiding soda or alcohol. Learn when it is safe to resume exercise like running and how to manage post-surgical swelling for a faster healing process.

How to Recover From Wisdom Teeth Swelling

Published Aug,14 2017 | By Ivy Morris

Wisdom teeth removal can leave with you puffed out, swollen cheeks. This swelling is normal, and is proportional to the surgery -- if you had all four of your wisdom teeth removed, expect more swelling than someone who only had his upper or lower wisdom teeth removed, for example.