Umaima Imran

Just had oral surgery? Or maybe one’s coming up soon. Either way, one question sits on your mind. What can I actually eat? Here’s the thing. What you eat in the first few days can speed healing up. Or it can slow everything down. It can even cause real trouble. The wrong bite, at the […]

So the surgery is done. You made it through. The hard part is genuinely behind you now. But here you are, sitting at home with a tender mouth, stitches you can feel with your tongue, and absolutely no idea what you are supposed to put in your body without causing some kind of disaster. The

You’ve just had dental surgery. You’re home. You’re resting. You’ve got painkillers on the side table and a bag of frozen peas against your cheek. And your tongue keeps finding those stitches.You prod them. You feel the knots. You run your tongue over them for the hundredth time. And somewhere in the back of your

So you’ve just been told you might need oral surgery. And your first thought? Probably something along the lines of oh no. That’s completely fair. The phrase alone carries a certain weight. It sounds complicated. It sounds uncomfortable. And if you’ve never been through it before, your brain will happily fill in the gaps with