Can I work after tooth extraction?

Whether patients can go to work after tooth extraction depends mainly on the difficulty of tooth extraction and the size of trauma caused during the extraction, as follows: 1. Can go to work: If it is relatively easy to extract teeth, such as single-rooted teeth, anterior teeth, loose teeth or stubs whose roots are already very short, such teeth can usually go to work after extraction if the extraction is very smooth and the intraoperative trauma is usually not very big. 2. Not going to work: If it is necessary to extract wisdom teeth or molar teeth that are difficult to be extracted, it will cause relatively large soft and hard tissue damage during the operation, which is equivalent to the treatment of an outpatient minor surgery. On the day of extraction, it is recommended to stay at home to recuperate from work, mainly to ensure sufficient rest. Special attention should be paid to the diet, which should be mainly liquid or semi-liquid. An adequate amount of antibiotics should also be taken for anti-inflammatory treatment to facilitate the healing of the extraction socket in order to prevent a series of other postoperative complications such as facial swelling and fever.