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A tooth extraction
is considered a minor surgical procedure, and it left
a wound in your mouth. It could have been painful if not
for the anesthetics that numb the area locally. To ease the pain when
numbness is gone, take pain reliever while it is still there. |
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Right after
extraction, control the bleeding by continously biting on the
sterile gauze for about 30 minutes. |
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Aplly
cold compress on the check area near the extraction site. This will lessen
the swelling and reduce the bleeding. |
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In
the next 24 hours, a good clot should have covered the
socket and bleeding is gone. The next target is to allow fresh
circulation in the area to hasten healing. Apply warm compress intermitently
to dilate blood vessels and allow blood circulation.
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Avoid
hot food in the 1st 24 hours. This will disturb the formation
of blood clot that is needed to stop bleeding and cover
the socket to form a new tissue. |
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The
wound at this period is still fresh and fragile. To keep it
safe, go on soft diet to avoid disturbing the wound. |
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If
you try to gargle or rinse, do it slowly until such time that
the blood clot in the socket is stable enough to withstand
dislodgement. |
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When
clot is forming in the socket, curiosity usually drives the patient to
roll the tongue over the wound. Avoid this habit, you might dislodge the
clot in from the socket. |
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