Following tooth extraction, dry socket affects 2–5% of the general patients. This painful disorder causes improper healing following tooth extractions and results from a dislodgement and/or injury to the blood clot building in your empty socket.
Discover more below, where we will provide some good advice on how to avoid this typical issue following an extraction or dental implant.
One should not use a straw 24 to 48 hours following surgery.
Sucking on a straw generates a lot of suction that could force the blood clot out from the socket and dislocate it, producing a dry socket. After your procedure, we advise avoiding a straw for at least 48 hours or longer.
Steer clear of aggressively spitting following 24 to 48 hours of rinsing following extraction.
Using a straw, spitting forcefully following rinsing, or for any other reason causes a lot of pressure and suction in your mouth and can cause your blood clot to be dislodged. Rinse; then, avoid forcefully spitting. Rather let the liquid trickle from your tongue.
Do Not Use Oral Tobacco or Smoking for 48 Hours
One should refrain from smoking and from using any sort of oral tobacco. Tobacco and smoking can impede blood flow and healing around the extraction site, therefore either causing or aggravating dry sockets.
This is a perfect moment to start thinking about giving up smoking, by the way! Talk to your doctor about your choices for smoking cessation as smoking is terrible for your general health and oral condition. One last push you might need to give up entirely is a tooth extraction.
Not directly brush the extraction site for three to four days
Rather than directly brushing your extraction site, you should rinse your mouth with a prescription mouthwash or a warm saline rinse. You should avoid the extraction site even though you can keep cleaning your other teeth regularly since brushing could cause disturbance of the blood clot. Usually, it’s acceptable to begin brushing close by once 4 or 5 days pass.
Eat soft foods; avoid crunchy, hard, and tough foods.
You should use the dietary guidelines that your doctor has sent you. Following surgery, eat yogurt, smoothies, applesauce, pudding, and other soft meals. Usually after about one week, you can begin including more solid foods into your diet.
For at least two weeks avoid harsh, crunchy, and hard meals. These foods can damage the blood clot, cause it to break free, or leave debris behind that might aggravate your tooth socket. That implies no almonds, popcorn, chips, and other such stuff.
Schedule an oral exam and choose the appropriate course of action to preserve your dental health should you believe you might need one or more teeth pulled.
