What are the precautions for removing wisdom teeth

Many people will grow wisdom teeth after adulthood, but the appearance of wisdom teeth is much more painful than the period of tooth replacement. Severe wisdom teeth can also affect daily diet, so many friends will choose to remove wisdom teeth after they appear. Although removing wisdom teeth is easy, there are also many precautions. Do you know? Knowing these precautions will be very helpful for future dental care.

1. The doctor gives the patient a gauze roll or cotton ball to put on the tooth extraction wound in the patient's mouth. The patient should bite it gently and spit it out after 40 minutes. The purpose of biting the gauze roll is, first, to apply pressure to stop bleeding; second, to isolate saliva, so that the blood in the wound can coagulate, which is conducive to early healing of the wound.

2. After spitting out the gauze roll, do not talk or laugh loudly, or spit or spit forcefully on the same day; do not lick the wound with your tongue; never use your fingers or toothpicks to pick out the purple-gray blood clot on the wound, and do not suck on the wound, so as not to destroy the blood clot and cause bleeding. You can eat porridge, soft food or liquid food 2 hours after tooth extraction, but you cannot chew with the affected side; the food should not be too hot or too hard, and you should avoid drinking alcohol, smoking, and eating spicy food to prevent the dilation of blood vessels in the mouth and congestion of the mucosa, which may cause bleeding from the wound.

3. Within 24 hours after wisdom tooth extraction, there may be a small amount of blood in the saliva. This is normal, don't be afraid. Because fear can increase blood pressure and increase the chance of bleeding. If there is a lot of bleeding, don't panic. Find a small piece of sterilized gauze or cotton ball, put it on the bleeding wound and bite it, then go to the dental department for emergency treatment.

4. The tooth extraction wound can generally heal within 3-6 days. If the tooth extraction wound is still bleeding and painful 5 days later, you should go to the hospital for a follow-up examination and timely treatment.

5. After removing wisdom teeth, do not rinse your mouth or brush your teeth within 24 hours. Eat mild liquid or semi-liquid food, and avoid eating raw, cold, spicy or irritating food. The most important and most difficult thing to do is not to lick the wound with your tongue, let alone suck the wound, and of course not to touch the wound with your hands. There are a lot of bacteria on your hands, which are particularly prone to infection. Pay attention to whether there is bleeding from the wound. If the saliva is just pink, then it is normal and there is no need to worry. However, if there is obvious bleeding in the mouth, go to the hospital for treatment in time.

The above five matters must be kept in mind. When wisdom teeth appear frequently, it may also cause fever symptoms and cause serious oral problems. After the appearance of wisdom teeth, you must also pay attention to daily diet and work and rest issues to avoid causing serious symptoms of inflammation, cure wisdom tooth problems, and restore health.