I. What to pay attention to after tooth extraction
1. First of all, it is crucial to be calm and listen carefully to the doctor’s explanation after tooth extraction, which is very important.
2. It is best not to eat for 2 hours, and to eat soft, liquid or semi-liquid food on the same day, with warm and cold food, not too hard or too hot food. Chewing can be done on the other side.
3. Do not rinse your mouth and do not spit much on that day to prevent bleeding or infection. Do not suck and spit out the blood clot repeatedly because of the smell of blood in the mouth, which will not heal the trauma.
4. Do not brush your teeth on the same day. Do not suck on the trauma. Do not blow the instrument.
5. Within 1 week after tooth extraction, it is normal to have blood in the saliva. If there is more than bleeding, go to the hospital for examination.
6. Try to exercise less and talk less on the day of tooth extraction. Avoid smoking, alcohol and spicy food.
7. If there are sutures in the mouth when the tooth is extracted, the sutures can generally be removed only after 4~5 days.
8. After tooth extraction, attention should be paid to the incision, and if there is a lot of bleeding, you should seek medical examination in time. The gauze or cotton ball on the incision after tooth extraction should be bitten for about half an hour before spitting out, do not bite too tightly or bite for too long. a small amount of blood in the saliva within 24 hours is a normal phenomenon.
9, general extraction can be done without oral conventional antimicrobial, if the extraction of wisdom teeth or traumatic teeth must be oral antibiotics, symptoms aggravated can be intravenous infusion of antibiotics.
10. It is recommended to use the special natural mouthwash – rinse tea supplied by our department on the day of routine tooth extraction, five milliliters of the original solution is contained in the mouth for five minutes, and then spit out, after spitting out without cleaning the mouth with water, it can be repeated several times a day, and can continue to use to rinse the mouth since the second day, which can reduce the postoperative reaction.
11. Except for the 3rd molar and multiple teeth, generally adults need to be fitted with dentures after tooth extraction, and about 2 months after tooth extraction should be set (except for the blocked teeth) in order to avoid the collapse of neighboring teeth.
12. After tooth extraction, it is advisable to rest in a semi-recumbent position, not lying down, and not taking a hot bath immediately to avoid bleeding from the incision.
II. What to eat after tooth extraction
1. 2 hours after tooth extraction, you can drink water and eat semi-liquid food such as thin rice, thin noodles, etc. Do not eat food that is too hot or too hard, do not drink strong wine, do not smoke, do not eat spicy food.
2.Excuse yourself from socializing, do not drink too much, and get enough rest and sleep is necessary.
3.After meals and before bedtime, you must use mouthwash, gently hold it for 30 seconds and then slowly spit it out to prevent bacterial infection.
4, according to the doctor’s prescription to take medication, not to reduce the dose, otherwise the consequences are unimaginable.
5. Drink more fruit juice to supplement vitamin C and B complex to enhance wound healing.
3. What to do if you bleed after tooth extraction
1. Make horizontal mattress sutures on both sides of the gums and compress them for 5 to 10 minutes after suturing.
2. Try to place iodoform sponge into the upper part of the alveolar sockets, and then use gauze roll to compress.
3.Under local anesthesia, remove the blood clot and inflammatory granulation tissue in the alveolar socket, then use an iodoform gauze strip, starting from the bottom of the socket, fill it in tightly, bite the gauze roll and press it, remove the gauze strip in a week, then replace it with a shorter one placed loosely, after replacing it several times, the socket will gradually have granulation tissue growth and heal.
IV. What to do about the pain after tooth extraction
1. After tooth extraction, the physician should clean the wound, put in hemostatic cotton, and sew up the wound to prevent bleeding and speed up the healing process.
2. In the wound area, bite the gauze tightly for 40-60 minutes and speak as little as possible to prevent continued bleeding to achieve the function of hemostasis.
3.If there is saliva in the mouth, swallow it into the stomach, do not gargle hard to prevent the wound from tearing.
4.After stopping the bleeding, ice packs or ice water can be used within 24 hours to prevent the wound from swelling.
5.After meals and before bedtime, you must use mouthwash, gently hold it for 30 seconds and then slowly spit it out to prevent bacterial infection.
6.Take the medication according to the doctor’s prescription, do not reduce the dosage by yourself, otherwise the consequences are unimaginable.
7.A week after the removal of the stitches, the dentist will give new advice matters.
8.Drink more juices and supplement vitamin c and b group to enhance wound healing.
9, always remember to leave the hospital, clinic phone number and the name of the doctor, if there is an emergency situation immediately contact the doctor.
10. Resist socializing, do not drink alcohol, and get enough rest and sleep is a necessary condition.
V. How long can you brush your teeth after tooth extraction
After tooth extraction, the wound has just healed, and the local fibroblasts have just extended from the alveolar bone wall to the blood clot, and gradually the blood clot is mechanized and becomes strong and solid. Regarding the question of how long can you brush your teeth after tooth extraction, generally speaking, you should not rinse your mouth and brush your teeth within 24 hours after tooth extraction. If you rush to rinse and brush your teeth, there is a possibility that the blood clot will be rinsed off or brushed off and cause re-bleeding, or cause the “dry socket” with unbearable pain due to the emptying of the tooth socket, which will prolong the healing time.
Sixth, how long can you eat after tooth extraction
Two hours after tooth extraction, if there is no abnormal condition such as bleeding or swelling and pain in the mouth, you can eat, and it is better to eat some liquid food, and it is not advisable to eat too hard, or too hot, too cold and other stimulating food. Because the blood clot in the socket needs a few dozens of hours to produce new granulation tissue, it is better to eat some liquid food so that, on the one hand, the body’s strength can be replenished and, on the other hand, the extraction wound can be better protected.