it makes a big difference if they've already come in, or still impacted. I had 2 coming in, 2 impacted, and it didn't take me 2 weeks to get back to solids. I took my pain meds more for the, uh, "relaxing effects" than the pain (well, after the first day). my biggest problem was that I was running cross country that year, and it took me a week before my feet hitting the ground several thousand times on a dirt trail didn't send a shock into my gums. but even then, it was about a week. I think you get over it faster if you try to eat solids, toughen up the gums a little
