The main precautions after wisdom teeth extraction are to protect the blood clot and prevent postoperative pain and infection.
1. Protect the blood clot: after wisdom teeth extraction, gently bite the cotton ball for about 30 minutes, two hours later you can eat, but don’t eat too hot, too hard food, don’t brush your teeth, rinse your mouth, and don’t suck the wound for 24 hours, to prevent the blood clot from falling off and causing the extraction socket to bleed again.
2. Prevent infection, reduce pain: acute inflammation period extraction or trauma is relatively large, you can follow the doctor’s instructions oral antibiotics to prevent infection, such as amoxicillin capsules or erythromycin, with metronidazole or tinidazole, etc.; if the extraction of teeth socket pain is obvious, you can orally ibuprofen extended-release capsule to relieve pain.
Wisdom tooth extraction is best carried out in a regular hospital, first take a surface tomography film and then extract the tooth, after the extraction of the tooth, strictly comply with medical advice to prevent infection and pain, the use of drugs need to comply with the doctor’s instructions.