Extractions - Smile Concepts

Instructions for Teeth Extractions

Do NOT:

1. Do NOT smoke for 48 hours. This will prevent you from getting a dry socket that is a very painful condition.

2. Do NOT spit for the next 8 to 12 hours. Spitting will result in the clot that has formed in the socket to come off and you will end up bleeding continuously.

DO:

1. DO After 24 hours, use a mouth wash or warm salt water twice daily for 2 weeks

2. DO Use pain relief medications such as nurofen or panadol every 6 hours to help with any pain or discomfort.

Issues you may experience and what to do about them

Keep the gauze swab (where used) in place with pressure for approximately half an hour after leaving the surgery.
Avoid strenuous exercise, and if the pain is intense, rest with your head raised.
If bleeding recurs, apply pressure with cotton gauze for approximately half an hour. Where significant bleeding continues, contact your dentist or local hospital.

Use pain relief medications such as nurofen or panadol every 6 hours to help with any pain or discomfort.
Avoid hot food/liquids, alcohol and smoking. When numbness has gone, choose luke warm liquids and soft foods and chew away from the wound.
Sometimes a DRY SOCKET develops that leads to intense pain. Please let us know if that happens so we can prescribe you appropriate antibiotics and pain relief medications

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Instructions for Teeth Extractions

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