Thanks to numbing and sedation treatments, you won’t feel any pain or discomfort during or immediately after your extraction procedure. However, symptoms such as pain, discomfort, swelling, bruising, and bleeding may begin to arise within a few hours following your extraction. While these symptoms tend to peak within the first 2-3 days, they will begin to fade as you continue to heal. Make sure to eat a diet of mostly soft foods for about 3-4 days after your treatment to prevent impact and agitation.It will take about 1-2 weeks to completely heal from the extraction. By carefully following the recovery instructions provided to you by doctor ralston, you can enhance the healing progress. It is not normal to endure severe pain and discomfort 1-2 weeks after your extraction, so contact doctor ralston for a follow-up appointment if you are experiencing these symptoms.