Wisdom Teeth Part 2 | What should you pay attention to before and after tooth extraction? Just remember these points sorted out by the dentist~

There is a thing

It is called a bug in the history of human evolution.

Although small, he always likes to do things.

When it attacks, the pain makes people want to explode on the spot, but it just lies there lazily

If you want to get it out of your body, you have to suffer...

It is the torment of many people, especially young people.

——Wisdom teeth

I will continue to share with you today

What should you pay attention to before and after wisdom tooth extraction?

These groups of people should be cautious when having their wisdom teeth removed!

Tooth extraction is an invasive surgical treatment.

Patients with high blood pressure, heart disease, or severe hyperthyroidism are not suitable for tooth extraction. If the patient is elderly, tooth extraction is more likely to aggravate the disease, so extraction is generally not recommended. If tooth extraction is necessary, it should be performed under supervision.

Since tooth extraction requires wound healing, patients with severe blood diseases and diabetes are not suitable for tooth extraction.

Special reminder: If you have other diseases, please inform the dentist in advance before removing wisdom teeth. The dentist will make the most professional judgment from a doctor's perspective.

The general population should pay attention to the following before removing wisdom teeth:

1. Avoid the time when you have a cold, fever, or pericoronitis;

2. Perform blood routine test and coagulation function test. Patients with systemic diseases should also undergo relevant index tests;

3. X-rays or CT scans should be performed before surgery so that the doctor can have a sufficient understanding of the tooth shape, position, relationship between adjacent teeth, and relationship with important anatomical structures;

4. Try to choose to extract wisdom teeth in the morning, at the latest before 3 pm. The right time can save a lot of unnecessary trouble and discomfort;

5. The extraction of complex wisdom teeth takes a long time, causes great trauma and a lot of bleeding, so patients need to be mentally prepared;

6. Women are not suitable for surgery during menstruation, and tooth extraction surgery is also not suitable, so it should be postponed.

What should I pay attention to after wisdom tooth extraction?

1. Wound management

① After tooth extraction, bite the gauze ball in your mouth tightly and spit it out gently after 40 minutes;

② After tooth extraction, do not leave immediately. Stay in the hospital for half an hour and wait until the wound stops bleeding before leaving;

③ The wound healing process after tooth extraction changes from black to white scab, which is a normal phenomenon;

④ The local anesthetic effect will subside after 3-5 hours. If you feel pain after the operation, you can take analgesics (tablets) and antibiotics under the guidance of a doctor. You can apply cold compresses intermittently on the day after the operation. Do not apply ice all the time to avoid frostbite on the skin;

⑤ If there is excessive bleeding after tooth extraction, you can come to the hospital for treatment at any time. If the wound is sutured during tooth extraction, come to the hospital to remove the stitches 5-8 days after tooth extraction;

⑥ Except for wisdom teeth, impacted teeth and supernumerary teeth, restorative treatment is generally required 2-3 months after the affected teeth are extracted.

2. Temporary change of habits

① You can eat and drink 2 hours after tooth extraction. The food should be thin, soft, warm and cool, and avoid chewing with the affected side;

② Please do not rinse your mouth or brush your teeth within 24 hours after tooth extraction;

③ Do not do strenuous exercise after tooth extraction! Even ask not to speak loudly;

④ Swelling after tooth extraction, blood in saliva, lasts for about a week. Saliva can be swallowed, do not hold it in the mouth to soak the blood clots. If the swelling is severe, please contact the attending physician for help in time.

3. Special attention

① After the mandibular wisdom tooth is removed, a complication called "dry socket" occasionally occurs. It usually occurs around the third to fourth day after the tooth is extracted. The typical symptoms are uncontrollable pain at the extraction site and an unpleasant rotten smell in the extraction socket. If you encounter this situation, please make an appointment for a follow-up visit in time!

② If the teeth in front of the wisdom teeth are suffering from caries, pulpitis, etc., it is recommended to treat the front teeth within one to two weeks after the wisdom teeth are removed.

Oral doctors recommend that during pregnancy, tooth extraction is generally not recommended due to the high medical risks of surgical operations. Therefore, it is recommended that women who are planning to conceive should have an oral examination (including wisdom tooth examination) one year in advance. If wisdom teeth suddenly become active during pregnancy, please do not panic! You can use some safer medications under the guidance of a doctor.