Can you eat after tooth extraction

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Tooth extraction is the most commonly used treatment technique in stomatology. Because tooth extraction can cause local tissue damage, cause bleeding, swelling, pain and other reactions, can also lead to blood pressure, temperature, pulse fluctuations, so we must be careful. We should pay special attention to the patients with cardiovascular disease and blood disease, otherwise it will bring serious consequences. Tooth loss can cause alveolar bone atrophy, adjacent teeth and opposite teeth displacement or elongation, resulting in masticatory disorders. Let's discuss whether we can eat after tooth extraction?

Can you eat after tooth extraction

First, after tooth extraction, the doctor will let the patient bite 1-2 cotton coils, its role is to compress hemostasis, protect the wound. Generally, the tampon can be spit out about 40 minutes after tooth extraction. Pay attention not to bite and press the cotton roll too long. Some people think that the longer the bite, the better. Some people bite for several hours or even more than ten hours. This is wrong. On the contrary, the wound is soaked in saliva for a long time, causing infection or poor blood coagulation.

Second, patients with bleeding tendency had better not leave for a while after tooth extraction, and ask the doctor to check the wound again half an hour later to see if the blood has stopped. If still bleeding, should let the doctor for further treatment, or on hemostatic drugs, or suture hemostasis, and oral some hemostatic drugs.

Third, pay attention to protect the blood clot after tooth extraction, do not gargle on the same day, do not chew food with the tooth extraction side, do not frequently lick the wound, and do not repeatedly suck and spit, so as to avoid damaging the blood clot due to the increase of negative pressure in the mouth. Only two hours after the operation can we eat. The diet for two days after the operation should be warm, cool and soft.

matters needing attention

The gauze or cotton ball on the wound after tooth extraction needs to be bitten for about half an hour to 45 minutes before spitting out. When you bite the gauze, if you have saliva, please swallow it normally. If the gauze is still slightly bleeding, you need to reserve the gauze for 1 hour. If it is still invalid, please contact the doctor again. After tooth extraction, you can rest in a semi reclining position instead of lying on your back. You can't take a hot bath immediately to avoid bleeding from the wound. You can eat only 2 hours after tooth extraction. Can eat liquid or semi liquid, do not eat hard, overheated food. It should be noted that soft food should be eaten after 2 hours, food should not be overheated, and chewing on the extraction side should be avoided.