What are the precautions after tooth extraction?

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When it comes to tooth extraction, many people will have a lingering fear. If they don't pay attention to nursing after tooth extraction, they are easy to be infected. Although a tooth is small, tooth extraction is not a trivial matter. After my daughter pulled out a tooth, because she didn't pay attention to the care after tooth extraction, she caused infection. Later, she went to the hospital and learned that tooth extraction is also an operation. Postoperative infection and inflammation are not rare, and even cause death. Now let's share with you what the doctor told her about the precautions after tooth extraction, hoping to arouse your attention.

What are the precautions after tooth extraction?

First: don't spit out the cotton ball in your mouth immediately after tooth extraction. You should bite it gently for 30 to 40 minutes. Too short time is not conducive to hemostasis, but too long time. After saliva is soaked with cotton yarn, it is easy to breed bacteria and cause infection.

Second: do not gargle or eat within 2 hours after tooth extraction. Some people always lick their tongue because of the pain of the wound, which is easy to cause rebleeding and secondary infection.

Third: do not brush your teeth on the day of tooth extraction, so as not to cause the wound that is about to heal to bleed again. Gargle with light salt water or a mild mouthwash.

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After tooth extraction, you should eat more fruit juice or fruit puree with high vitamin content to supplement nutrition and promote wound healing. Don't eat hard and spicy food. Pay attention to rest, speak less, don't smoke or drink, so as to avoid aggravating pain and prolonging the healing period of the wound.