After tooth extraction due to the presence of trauma may appear temporary swelling, generally about a week will slowly subside, if there is a local infection swelling will increase, timely treatment two to three weeks after the swelling.
After tooth extraction tissue will appear reactive swelling, generally the first three days of swelling to the peak, after taking appropriate anti-inflammatory drugs, swelling will slowly reduce, generally about a week to reduce swelling, but due to different personal constitution, the specific time varies from person to person, in order to reduce the postoperative swelling reaction, you can be the first 24 hours of ice packs, 24 hours after the hot packs, follow the doctor’s instructions to take antibiotics amoxicillin, metronidazole to fight infections, but there may be Gastrointestinal discomfort and other adverse reactions.
If the wound is infected after tooth extraction, the swelling will not only not disappear, but also expand to cause interstitial infection, local pain aggravated by swelling is obvious, you need to go to the hospital immediately to deal with the anti-infective treatment, generally two to three weeks the swelling will slowly disappear.