Some people’s first thought about gum treatment is what dinner will look like. Eating is covered in your aftercare instructions, and the advice is tied to what was actually treated. This page explains how to ask about it.
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If you cook for a household, eat by a strict routine or manage a condition through diet, mealtimes aren’t a small detail. You will want to know how a soft-tissue procedure might interfere, and it’s perfectly sensible to bring that up before you agree to treatment.
A dental laser delivers focused light energy to a chosen area of gum or soft tissue. The extent and position of that area affect what eating feels like afterward, so general lists online can only go so far. Polo Park residents can get advice specific to their procedure at our McPhillips Street clinic in Winnipeg.
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Food is one of the topics you’ll go over with the dentist before you head home.
Advice depends on which tissue was involved, so yours may differ from what a friend was told.
Share anything relevant, such as a medical diet, while the plan is still being discussed.
The food question only has a useful answer once it’s clear what is being done. So the first step is working out what your gums need and whether a laser has a part in that.
Suitability depends on your clinical findings, and on which laser system is available.
Each of these has an answer that depends on your procedure, so save them until a plan is clear.
The dentist also weighs your medications, health and healing when recommending a laser, a conventional instrument or a combination.
You’ll be told about the planned area, how comfort will be managed and what healing should involve. If numbing is planned, ask how it might affect your next meal.
Request your visitTo begin, you put on protective eyewear, and the treatment site is isolated if your case calls for it.
It may be local anesthetic, or another measure the dentist considers fitting for the work.
Controlled laser settings are used on the planned tissue, with no work beyond that boundary.
Aftercare instructions address what to eat as well as cleaning, symptoms and your follow-up.
Hold off on stocking up until you have your dentist’s advice. Meanwhile, the items below will help make sure that advice takes your real routine into account.
Already have dietary instructions from a health professional? Ask the clinic how they would fit with your aftercare.
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That varies with the work and the area involved. If something does bother you, tell the dentist, because your feedback allows the procedure to be stopped for a moment or adapted.
Choosing a laser doesn’t necessarily rule out local anesthetic for your procedure.
Tell the dentist what you’re noticing, even if it seems minor, so it can be addressed.
If a numbing agent is used, ask when it’s reasonable to eat so you can plan ahead.
At the table afterward
Treated tissue heals at its own speed, influenced by the procedure and your general health. Your own aftercare directions take priority over anything you’ve read about somebody else’s recovery.
Tenderness, some swelling or sensitivity can occur and may be noticeable when you chew.
If you’re struggling with food because symptoms are worse than expected or increasing, contact the clinic.
This is a good chance to ask about anything you’re still unsure of, your diet included.
Keeping the area clean is part of the same instructions, so ask how to do that around mealtimes.
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Unit-5 2358 Mcphillips Street, Winnipeg, MB R2V 4J6Get directions (opens in a new tab)Polo Park is an area in Winnipeg, and care for its residents takes place at Winnipeg North Dental, Unit 5, 2358 McPhillips Street. The map link will give you directions.
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Ask our teamThat’s part of the instructions you receive, and they depend on the area treated. Rather than relying on a general list, ask the dentist what applies to your procedure.
Healing varies with the procedure and your health, so there’s no standard date. Your follow-up schedule and aftercare directions are the guide to use.
Yes, please do. Medical history is part of what the dentist reviews, and it’s much easier to plan around regular meals if this is known before treatment.
Ask before you leave, since the answer can depend on whether local anesthetic was used and on what was treated. Your instructions will address eating.
Whether you’ll have sutures depends on location, depth and treatment goal, and some laser procedures may not need them. If they are used, ask how to eat around them.
Include the question in your form, or ring (204) 338-3003 to ask how to raise it. Treatment-specific advice would come from the dentist at our McPhillips Street clinic.
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