You can remove the gauze from your mouth about an hour after your treatment and you can eat something at this point. Just make sure that you stick to soft foods for the first 24 hours. Don’t eat anything spicy, hot, or anything that could irritate your sensitive mouth. Don’t suck liquids through a straw as the suction this creates in your mouth can disturb the extraction site and lead to dry socket. Avoid foods with tiny seeds that can get lodged in the tissues of the extraction site.