When should I pay attention to stitches after wisdom teeth extraction

Wisdom teeth will only grow out after people are in their 20s. The time when wisdom teeth grow is different for each person, and some people may never grow wisdom teeth in their entire lives. Because wisdom teeth grow out relatively late, they only grow out after the teeth are arranged and formed, so people will experience strong pain when wisdom teeth grow. Many people will choose to remove their wisdom teeth. After the wisdom teeth are removed and the stitches are sutured, you should pay attention to when the wound stops bleeding.

1. Precautions after wisdom tooth extraction and stitching

1. There will be bleeding during the tooth extraction process. The doctor will stuff sterile gauze or cotton wool into the wound to stop the bleeding. Do not lick or tease the wound with your tongue to avoid removing the gauze or cotton wool and causing the wound to bleed again.

2. The body's coagulation function will coagulate the flowing blood into blood clots when it works. These blood clots cover the wound and can help stop bleeding better. Don't pick out the blood clots just because you feel like there is a foreign body in them. This will do more harm than good to the recovery of the wound.

3. Don’t eat foods that require hard chewing. Soft porridge, noodles or tender egg custard are good choices. The main purpose is to avoid causing further damage to the wound during chewing, which would affect healing.

4. Do not brush your teeth or rinse your mouth on the day after having a tooth extracted, otherwise the toothbrush or water will wash away the coagulated blood clots. You can brush your teeth and rinse your mouth the next day, but be gentle and do not use the toothbrush bristles to brush the wound.

5. In order to prevent bacterial infection, you can buy a bottle of mouthwash 24 hours after tooth extraction, put an appropriate amount in your mouth, do not rinse your mouth, just spit it out after a while. You can also use a bowl of salt water instead of mouthwash.

6. Inflammation may occur after tooth extraction. You can take oral antibiotics, usually a combination of cephalosporins and metronidazole, which can kill aerobic bacteria and inhibit anaerobic bacteria. If oral administration is not effective, these two types of drugs can be given intravenously. If the inflammation is severe, it is necessary to add some hormones appropriately.

7. If you develop a fever or bleeding that does not stop, go to the hospital immediately without delay.

8. Don’t drink alcohol or eat chili peppers.

9. Pay attention to rest and don’t stay up late, especially from 10 pm to 2 am, which is the best time for the body to repair itself, and it needs to be repaired during sleep.

10. Do not participate in strenuous exercise, but there is no problem with basic daily activities.

11. Do not rinse your mouth with water on the first day after tooth extraction. The food temperature should not be too cold or too hot, but slightly cooler food is acceptable.

12. Don't talk or laugh loudly, and don't lick with your tongue.

13. After tooth extraction, the doctor will ask the patient to bite 1 to 2 cotton rolls, which can apply pressure to stop bleeding and protect the wound. Generally, the tampon can be spit out about 40 minutes after tooth extraction. Be careful not to hold the cotton roll for too long. Some people think that the longer the biting time, the better. Some people bite for several hours or even more than ten hours. This is wrong. Instead, it causes the wound to be soaked in saliva for a long time, causing infection or poor blood coagulation. For patients with a tendency to bleed, it is best not to leave after tooth extraction. Ask the doctor to check the wound again after half an hour to see if the bleeding has stopped. If bleeding continues, the doctor should provide further treatment, such as applying hemostatic drugs, suturing to stop bleeding, and taking some hemostatic drugs orally.

14. Under normal circumstances, the bleeding will stop after you spit out the tampon. It is normal to have a little blood in the saliva. If you spit out large mouthfuls of blood, it is abnormal. You should contact our clinic in time or go to the nearest hospital's dental department for emergency treatment and ask the doctor to treat it. Never handle it on your own, such as stuffing cotton at home into the extraction socket or applying so-called hemostatic drugs at random. These cotton balls and medicines are not sterile and may cause secondary infection and more serious consequences after use. After tooth extraction, you must pay attention to protecting the blood clot. Do not rinse your mouth on the same day, do not chew food with the side where the tooth was extracted, do not lick the wound frequently, and do not suck or spit repeatedly, so as to avoid destroying the blood clot due to the increase in negative pressure in the mouth. You can eat two hours after the operation, and the food for two days after the operation should be warm, cool, and soft.

15. Generally, you don’t need to take any medicine after tooth extraction. However, when extracting teeth during the acute inflammatory period, or when the trauma is severe or the general condition is poor, oral antibiotics and painkillers should be taken.

16. Tooth extraction generally does not affect work and you can go to work as usual, but do not engage in heavy physical labor. Smoking and drinking have adverse effects on wound healing. It is best not to smoke or drink within one or two days after tooth extraction. As long as you take the above precautions, the tooth extraction wound will heal smoothly.