What anti-inflammatory and pain relievers should I take after a tooth?

It is not always necessary to apply anti-inflammatory drugs and painkillers after tooth extraction. In clinical practice, many of the simpler tooth extractions take less time to operate, are less traumatic, have less risk of postoperative infection and are not particularly painful, so there is absolutely no need to apply anti-inflammatory drugs and painkillers in such cases. So whether and what medication should be used after tooth extraction. The most important thing is to consult with the doctor who performed the specific extraction, because each patient’s specific situation is different and there are individual differences in the medication used. If clinically appropriate, anti-inflammatory medication can be used for more traumatic teeth, such as the extraction of wisdom teeth, or teeth with a history of previous inflammation. For the oral cavity, anti-inflammatory drugs such as cephalosporins and nitroimidazoles are commonly used. The more basic cephalosporins, cefalexin, cefuroxime can be, nitroimidazole drugs generally include metronidazole, tinidazole, ornidazole and so on. As for painkillers, in general, the 1st step of pain relief and analgesic drugs can be used, commonly used are ibuprofen, acetaminophen and so on.