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My 14-year-old had four teeth, including both upper canines and her third premolars on either side of her lower jaw (all crown excisions) nearly a week ago. FORLs. She's doing generally well, I think: decent activity, great appetite (raw-fed), pooping appropriately and wanting out (not allowed for another week). But she is lip-licking more than she was, which I'm hoping is just due to normal post-operative discomfort (she is now off buprenorphine) and a mouth that feels strange. And, chuffing a little through her nose, an established behavior I'd hoped was related to the painful teeth and would disappear after surgery. I'm trying to be patient, remembering this was a substantial procedure from which she is in early recovery. Are these behaviors likely to abate when she's fully healed? She has a post-op check in another week. Her brother had 12 teeth extracted five years ago, and -- though people say cats often just bounce back -- it took him a long time to fully seem himself again.