How long can you eat after tooth extraction

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Many people think that tooth extraction is only a small operation, so it can be carried out at any time. In fact, there is a certain time limit for tooth extraction. How long can you eat after tooth extraction? What should diet pay attention to?

How long can you eat after tooth extraction

1. 2 ~ 4 hours after tooth extraction, the patient can enter the cold fluid diet without residue. Because cold food can make blood vessels constrict and help to stop bleeding, and can reduce edema and pain, but also try to reduce the impact on the wound. Can choose to drink some cold milk, ice deluge, juice, etc.

2. From 4 hours to the next day after tooth extraction, you can eat semi liquid diet and soft food, such as egg soup, soft steamed bread, rice porridge, boiled noodles, vegetable mud soup, etc. Diet should be light, not meat and fishy food. Do not eat coarse food, such as leeks, celery, hard rice, so as not to stimulate the wound coarse particles, not conducive to healing. Pay attention to warm food, do not overheat, so as not to cause blood vessels dilation wound bleeding. Vegetables should be tender, cooked into rotten, soft and finely broken forms, and can be made into sauce, powder, juice and other food. This way of eating should be maintained until 1 week after operation.

3. Within 1-2 days after tooth extraction, the nutritional supply of diet can not be considered too much. From the third day, we should pay attention to high nutrition, high protein diet, such as milk, vegetable porridge, fried tofu, jam bread, tofu brain, tomato and egg brine.

matters needing attention

After tooth extraction, don't do intense exercise, don't talk and laugh, don't lick the wound with the tongue, don't suck the wound and touch it with fingers or other objects. Two hours before eating. Eat some thin food, don't eat too hot, don't drink and smoke. 2. Do not gargle within two hours, otherwise it will destroy the blood clot in the tooth extraction wound, which will cause rebleeding or inflammation of the wound. If you want to gargle, gargle gently with salt water after two hours. 3. Some people have a little pain after tooth extraction. Generally, slight pain can distract attention, and it will be better soon. For severe pain can choose some analgesic drugs, most can be effective. Some pain is caused by local inflammation, at this time should also use some antibiotics to prevent the further development of inflammation, spread. Few people will get "dry socket" (mostly after 24 hours), and the pain will be very serious. It's inflammation and infection in the tooth wound, so we need to go to the hospital to see a doctor for treatment. 4. If there is still bleeding after tooth extraction, you can use disinfectant gauze first and then bite it, or you can contain some ice locally, which can contract blood vessels. If there is still bleeding, you need to go to the hospital and ask a doctor for treatment. Generally, some hemostatic drugs are used, such as vitamin K4, vitamin C, zhizhimin, anluoxue, zhixuefang, etc.