The face is swollen after tooth extraction, can be through the cold compress, oral anti-inflammatory drugs, intravenous fluids, local irrigation treatment and other ways to reduce swelling.
1. Cold compresses: generally swollen face after tooth extraction, considering that the extraction process is more traumatic, resulting in postoperative extraction wound infection or hematoma symptoms, you can use ice cold compresses on the side of the face after tooth extraction to help reduce swelling.
2. Oral anti-inflammatory drugs: Swelling of the face after tooth extraction is mostly caused by wound infection or hematoma, so you need to apply metronidazole tablets, amoxicillin and other drugs under the guidance of the doctor to reduce swelling.
3. Intravenous fluids: If the effect of treatment is not obvious after taking anti-inflammatory drugs orally, you can consider going to the hospital to have intravenous fluids administered by a doctor, so as to achieve systemic anti-infective treatment and prevent the infection from worsening.
4. Local rinsing treatment: If there is food residue or granulation and other decayed materials in the extraction socket, you can alternately use hydrogen peroxide and saline to rinse the extraction wound, and finally place compound iodized glycerin in the extraction wound for local anti-inflammatory treatment. If necessary, debridement should be performed.