How many days after wisdom teeth extraction can I brush my teeth?

When you go to check your teeth normally, if this product is found, the doctor will advise you to remove it, because it can prevent subsequent inflammation, and it can also prevent this product from causing redness and swelling of the gums, or even gum ulcers. In a short period of time after the extraction, you may feel pain when brushing your teeth, but you must brush your teeth and rinse your mouth, and you must pay attention to oral hygiene.

Craniomandibular disorder: The impaction or dislocation of mandibular wisdom teeth often interferes with the maxillary second molars and causes pathological retraction of the mandible, which is one of the causes of craniomandibular disorder. The main clinical manifestations are clicking, pain and abnormal mandibular movement in the temporomandibular joint, pain in the masticatory muscles, tinnitus, tongue pain and other symptoms. Many patients have achieved significant therapeutic effects after removing impacted or misplaced wisdom teeth due to blocking the potential factors that induce craniomandibular disorders.

Cystic lesions around wisdom teeth: Odontogenic cystic lesions of the jaw are more likely to occur in unerupted impacted teeth, and the chance of eruption of mandibular wisdom teeth is highest, which is obviously the main site of occurrence. When the cyst develops to a certain extent, the jaw may bulge and deform, and in case of secondary infection, swelling and pain will recur, and in severe cases, pathological fractures may occur.

Precancerous lesions of the oral mucosa: The gums and buccal mucosa of impacted and misplaced wisdom teeth may develop pathological damage such as ulcers, erosions, abnormal tissue proliferation, and white spots due to long-term mechanical stimulation of the crown edge or repeated biting. Such a long-term trauma repair and re-trauma process will affect the normal keratinization of the oral mucosal epithelium and cause precancerous lesions, which in turn induce oral mucosal carcinogenesis.

Pericoronitis of wisdom teeth: When impacted, wisdom teeth can erupt in different directions such as vertical, anterior, horizontal, transverse, and inverted. When it is partially erupted, the crown is often covered by gingival tissue to varying degrees, so that a gingival pocket is formed between the crown and the gums. When the depth exceeds 2 to 3 mm, it often leads to pathological changes. Since food residues and bacteria can easily hide in this pocket, inflammation will occur when the gum pocket is traumatized or the body's resistance is reduced. The most common age for pericoronitis of wisdom teeth is 20 to 25 years old, and almost 95% occurs in the mandible. It is often manifested by redness, swelling and pain in the pericoronal tissue, which affects chewing and swallowing, and is often accompanied by difficulty opening the mouth, fever, swollen lymph nodes and other systemic symptoms. If the inflammation is not controlled in time, it can spread to the jaw and neck, causing interstitial infection, jaw osteomyelitis, and even serious systemic complications such as sepsis and pericarditis.

The special position in which wisdom teeth grow brings many problems to their cleaning and treatment. Common diseases caused include caries (commonly known as tooth decay), periodontitis, and pulpitis: Since wisdom teeth are at the innermost part, they are not easy to clean with daily brushing and are prone to tooth decay. Wisdom teeth often experience swelling and pain due to insufficient space for eruption, and they will also invade adjacent teeth, causing toothache. Due to the lack of opposing teeth, wisdom teeth sometimes over-erupt, thus affecting the bite; sometimes they under-erupt and become impacted teeth, causing malocclusion, pericoronal infection, and difficulty opening the mouth.

Wisdom teeth are the third largest molars and have an important impact on the adjacent second molars. Since most wisdom teeth are impacted and tilted forward, they press on the second molar at an angle of about 45 degrees, forming a crown angle that makes it easy for food to get stuck. Over time, this can lead to caries of the second molar or even pulpitis. Even if it is not that serious, it can affect the lifespan of the second molar.

Precautions

1. When brushing your teeth, try to brush the wisdom teeth to reduce food residue;

2. Apply some ice cubes to the red and swollen area to relieve pain.

3. Be sure to rinse your mouth after eating, preferably with salt water or special mouthwash;

4. Eat some heat-clearing foods (bitter melon, lotus seeds, etc.), chrysanthemum tea, honeysuckle, and mung bean soup;

5. Visit a professional dentist in time to avoid worsening of symptoms;

6. If the pain is severe, you can also use a disposable syringe to draw up saline solution to flush and apply some anti-inflammatory drugs.