What to do After Tooth Removal ?

Question:

What are the precautions to take after tooth extraction?

Immediately after extraction till 24 hours.

The next 24 hrs are extremely important because your activity will decide whether your healing will take place on time or not, whether your healing clot will stay or get removed.

• Keep pressing the cotton ball for an hour.

• After an hour, remove the cotton ball and have a cup of vanilla/ chocolate ice cream, not butterscotch, only a cup and not a stick of ice cream.

• For the next 24 hours No spitting. Take saliva inside. NO SPITTING.
  

• Take soft, cold food and water only.

• Apply Icepack.

• Do not brush. No Toothbrushing.

• Do not drink anything from a straw, if you want to drink coconut water, take it in a glass and then drink.

• No fizz drinks.

• No Hot food or water items.

• Do not wrap a cloth around your face.

• Do not sleep on that side.

• Do not place a blanket or bedsheet on your face.

• No Smoking, Alcohol, Tobacco chewing.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

• Take medication as prescribed.

• Do not try and use your tongue and finger to touch the extracted socket.

• Stop talking for an hour and speak less for the next 24 hours.

• Take a rest and also you can continue your daily activity.

• Do not take stress or tension.

Anything you do wrong in the immediate next 24 hours, your healing clot will get dislodged, chances are that there will be an infection and result in a DRY SOCKET

.

After 24- 36 hours

• All the normal activities can be started.

• Start warm saline rinses i.e add a pinch of salt in half glass of warm water and do rinses at least 4–5 times a day.

• Take medication as prescribed. Don’t try and outplay the dentist by thinking now you are not having pain so why should I take anti-inflammatory and antibiotics medication, Please.

• No Smoking, Alcohol, Tobacco chewing at least for 7–14 days.

• Do not try to use your finger and tongue to touch the extracted socket.

• After having food, do rinse your mouth with a warm saline rinse or you can also do betadine rinses in a 1:3 ratio.

If you Feel you have pain after 3–5 days after tooth extraction, then surely it is a Dry Socket and for that, you need to visit the dentist.

The Dentist will Irrigate and put medication in the socket.

You will need to keep visiting 3–4 times to change the dressings.