Fever after wisdom tooth extraction may be caused by low self-resistance, inflammation and infection, or dry socket, etc. Treatment includes general treatment, oral medication and infusion.
1. Low self-resistance: If low self-resistance leads to fever after wisdom teeth extraction, you can carry out general treatment, take more rest, drink more water, pay attention to nutritional supplementation, enhance body resistance, and promote recovery.
2. Inflammatory infections: If inflammatory infections occur after wisdom teeth extraction, causing fever, accompanied by bad breath, empty mouth or painful touch, etc., you can cooperate with professional doctors to apply cephalosporin anti-inflammatory drugs, such as cefmetazole sodium, cefuroxime and so on. If the fever is more than 38.5 degrees, you can also take ibuprofen for fever reduction treatment.
3. Dry socket: If dry socket is triggered after wisdom tooth extraction, resulting in fever, you should cooperate with the doctor to carry out debridement treatment, repeatedly scratch the socket, remove the corruption and residual material in the socket, then rinse with saline, disinfect with iodine povidone, and promote the elimination of inflammation. At the same time, it should also be treated with cephalosporins and metronidazole drugs, such as cefmenoxime, cefixime, metronidazole, tinidazole and so on.
It should be noted that after the wisdom teeth are extracted, teeth should not be brushed or rinsed for 24 hours, so as not to cause inflammatory infection or dry socket. For the symptoms of fever, physical cooling can be done. If you have a high fever, you should take medication as prescribed by your doctor.