Post Extraction Treatment Instructions
- Bite firmly on the cotton wool pack provided for 10-20 minutes
- If bleeding reoccurs later, use a spare cotton pack or roll up a handkerchief and bite hard in the area of the extraction. Sit down quietly and wait for bleeding to stop
- Avoid alcohol, smoking and physical exercise for 24 hours as this may increase the chances of infection or more bleeding
- Avoid rinsing the area for 24 hours as this may lead to loss of the blood clot from the tooth socket (which aids healing) and increases the risk of infection
- 24 hours after the extraction, rinse your mouth with warm salt water up to four times a day, for a week. This again will reduce the chances of infection
- If you require painkillers e.g. ibuprofen, paracetamol, you may find if you take them before the anesthetic wears off the symptoms will be less severe
- For some procedures it can be normal to have some degree of swelling and bruising after the extraction
- Follow any other advice given by the dentist
- Following extraction the tooth socket will heal and change shape until it becomes smooth over a period of 3-6 months
- If symptoms persist for several days after extraction, please contact the dentist
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