Question:
pre-op - do they check your teeth?

do they check your teeth to see if you can chew your food to a mush?    — ssahara (posted on March 24, 2009)

March 24, 2009
No they dont
   — texasweb

March 24, 2009
No...Mine didn't...but I go to the dentist regularly and I have decent teeth... If you cannot chew your food well...invest in a mini food processor...and make necessary changes that will help you in any way they can! I love my mini food processor...It cost me 25-30 dollars and I still use it often! I make my own fruit puree for yogurts and chop veggies with it...Make meats in crock pots or boil your meats first...Fish is very tender as well...So are lunch meats and chopped meats! Good luck!
   — .Anita R.

March 24, 2009
No. They will ask you about loose teeth and so on during the pre-op with the anesthetist because of the risk of breaking a tooth etc. during intubation - but that's as much as they ask I think. Actually your question is a good one, given how much they yack at us about chewing LOL.
   — mountainmike