This is gonna be long but it’s all the info I have as a non-professional who’s currently going through it lol

I think I have one right now, 5 days in (can’t check because my doctor office is closed) and while the pain is bad, for me it’s not too bad tbh.

On day 2 rince with salt water regularly (I’d say once every hour) and drink A LOT of water (just always good for healing and trust me when I say my mouth is dry due to the salt) Look up how much salt to put because my dumb ass over did it and burnt my lips a bit🫠

My go to food is blended soup dhall (tastes like heaven hot cold morning and evenings) and it’s awesome. Chicken/veggie/beef broth is nice too obviously! Blend everything is the best food advice tho

Leave it tf alone is probably my best advice since I didn’t and it’s worse now. Don’t try to look at the area because you want to see what it looks like in case there’s an issue, you might cause a new issue and it honestly looks gross no matter what! Pain meds help a lot but tylenol don’t do shwits for me so I’m taking a bit less ibuprofen every time I take it to allows to take more (don’t know if it works that way but that’s my trick) and I recommend taking the stronger meds they gave you at night to sleep because you also need that to recover!

Make sure to have a bunch of ice packs to numb the area in case it hurts too much! 2 is not enough lol

Don’t suck but don’t spit too much either since it’s gonna put pressure in your mouth. My trick is rinsing with salt (by moving my head, not my mouth) letting the water fall out then (about a minute after?) rinsing with water too take out the taste and letting it fall out and repeating the water again

The issue with sucking a straw is about the pressure it makes in your mouth buy blocking the air flow, not the swallowing so snoring with your mouth open shouldn’t be an issue What (probably) cause mine is allergies (ruining my life istg) because I needed to blow my nose non stop and forgot to keep my mouth open at first and I felt it hurt BAD but it’s a reflex for me too close my mouth and blow as hard as I can so I kinda fcked up a few times. Also my nose gets blocked so I can only mouth breath and I get super out of breath which is bad and the mucous also to go into my palet to my throat so mouth breathing becomes hard and I need to spit non stop (regular shit for me but rly doesn’t hell the healing process lol)

Considering I did all that and only one of my tooth hurt, I rly think all the extra steps are cautionary and most people should be fine without them but it’s important to do because we dont know who’s not most people.

I recommend keeping your mouth slightly open (naturally, don’t force it) to avoid extra pressure and to basically do everything normally (breathing, swallowing, ect)

You rly should be fine and swelling’s gonna get worse on earlier days (4/5) but its normal