What To Do After Tooth Extraction
- After the tooth extraction, bite the sanitized gauze for 30 minutes. If the bleeding continues, replace the sanitized gauze with a fresh one.
- Please do not spit. Light bleeding is normal after the extraction . Spitting will remove the blood clot which will increase the bleeding again and harm the healing process.
- Do not consume anything for 2 hours after the tooth extraction.
- Eat soft and warm food for 2 days.
- Hot showers and activities like sports are not recommended on the same day.
- Do not mouthwash often. If you need you can rinse very gently with a bit of water and be careful not to spit. Let the water flow out of your mouth slowly.
- You can take a painkiller when the effect of anesthesia decreases and you begin to feel pain. Thus, the painkiller will effect on the increase of pain.
- Do not take medicine like Aspirin, Coraspin etc. which include acetylsalicylic acid. You can use other painkillers, if you do not have allergies or particular stomach conditions towards them.
- Try to avoid chewing foods on the extraction site for at least one week. Avoid consuming food like rice, which may get stuck in the extraction cavity.
- In the healing period, after the surgery, patients should quit smoking tobacco based products like cigarettes for 2 days. Otherwise the healing process can get affected and may create anomalies in the extraction area.
- Do not brush the extraction area, you can brush your other teeth to keep your mouth fresh and clean.
- In case your doctor gave you a prescription, use it until it is completed.
- It is not suggested to drink alcohol in the extraction day.
- Contact your doctor if unexpected conditions and symptoms occur.
