There is no authoritative information on how many days after adenoid tonsil surgery can brush your teeth, generally 48 hours after surgery can brush your teeth, the specific time varies from person to person, but should not use ointment containing irritating ingredients to avoid triggering pharyngeal discomfort symptoms.
This surgery on the nasopharyngeal trauma than deep in, while the oropharyngeal trauma is more superficial, tonsil surgery area will form a false membrane in 48 hours after surgery, before this should not brush your teeth, to avoid excessive pharyngeal activities pulling the trauma bleeding. After 48 hours, you can brush your teeth with toothpaste that does not contain irritating ingredients, and the chance of postoperative bleeding is relatively small at this time.
Usually patients with adenoid tonsil surgery can gargle with mouthwash such as compound borax gargle or 1:1000 furacilin liquid on the following day, which can also keep the mouth clean and prevent oral infection. During this period it is also necessary to adjust the diet structure, avoid eating spicy stimulation, greasy, too hard, too hot and not easy to digest food.
It is recommended that patients who have undergone adenoid tonsil surgery should strengthen oral hygiene management, and if oral bleeding occurs after brushing teeth, they should actively reflect this to their healthcare professionals, and identify the cause of the bleeding and then actively seek treatment.