POST EXTRACTION INSTRUCTIONS
1. Anesthetics:
The length and the time you experience numbness varies based on the type
and amount of anesthetics used.
2% lignocaine is normally used as an anesthetic solution for extraction; it
can act around 3 hours.
Care should be taken not to bite on lips, cheek or tongue if your mouth is
numb. Hence avoid chewing hard foods. If you are having liquid diet please
avoid using straws as it will dislodge the clot formed at extraction site
creating fresh bleeding.
2. Bleeding:
After extraction a gauze pack is kept over the wound area to limit bleeding
and to promote clot formation. This pack should be left in place for 30-45
minutes after you leave the dentist office. Do not chew this pack just hold it
gently.
After the pack is removed you may experience some bleeding, if so follow
these instructions:-
a. Fold a piece of clean gauze thick enough to bite on. Dampen the gauze
with warm water and hold it on the extraction site.
B.Apply moderate pressure on by closing your teeth firmly over the gauze
pad. Maintain this pressure for 30 minutes.
C.Do not suck on the extraction site or disturb it with your tongue.
d.A slight amount of blood may leak from the wound till the clot forms. Do
not panic. However if it is heavy bleeding contact your dentist.
3. Do not smoke, consume alcohol, drink with a straw or rinse vigorously
for the next 24 hours.
4. Limit strenuous activity for one day.
5. Avoid spicy, hot and hard foods, Use only soft food items for a day.
6. Generally a slight swelling is common after extraction; you can avoid
this to a certain extent by using an ice-pack for about 30 minutes in regular
intervals.
7. Brushing is gently done in extraction area with a post extraction
toothbrush which is recently coming up in the market.
8. Medication prescribed by dentist should be taken.
9. Mouth exercises after 24 hours
10. Warm saline gargle can be done which helps in healing.
11. If non-resorbable sutures are placed ,it needs to be removed after 7 days.
Dr.Renju's Dental Clinic,
Pipeline Junction,
PALARIVATTOM,
COCHIN-682025.KERALA,INDIA.
04842336162
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