Tooth extraction
Stop the blood after taking off the tooth
The dentist places a piece of gauze in place of the dislocation to stop blood bleeding. This helps to form the blood thrombus, which in turn helps to heal the wound and leaves the gauze piece for 30-45 minutes after leaving the dentist’s office. In case of continued hemorrhage,
- Put a clean piece of gauze and enough to bite it, and moisturize with clean and warm water.
- Press the piece of gauze for 30 minutes to help cut blood bleeding, and replace it with a new one if it is wet with blood.
- Do not place the tongue on the area of extraction.
- If the bleeding is severe, you should check with your dentist, noting that a little blood mixed with saliva may appear to be very bleeding.
A well-known procedure, which helps to stop blood bleeding after the tooth is removed, is to put wet tea bags on the wound area. Tannin tea helps stop bleeding and blood clotting.
Instructions after the dislocation of the tooth
The patient can leave the house shortly after the ablation procedure. There are a number of instructions that the patient must follow. A piece of gauze is placed on the ablation site and the patient is asked to bite it for a while. The doctor may prescribe painkillers or antibiotics, painkillers are taken in the event of pain, and the patient may feel numb in his or her cheek and back for a few hours, due to the drug the doctor gives. The patient should avoid eating hard food for seven days and eat soft food such as milk, soup, mashed potatoes and bananas, while avoiding eating on the area of dislocation. The patient can also put cold compresses on the cheek for 10-20 minutes to relieve swelling. After the dislocation of the tooth, it is forbidden to drink alcohol for a whole day, because alcohol reduces the wound’s healing and healing. It also stimulates bleeding. It also prevents smoking, or drinking with straw for at least a day so that the thrombus does not lose the wound.
For cleaning the teeth, brushing and dental floss begins one day after the surgery, taking into consideration the distance from the area of dislocation and not touching the tongue. The mouthwash is used three days after surgery. The patient should consider lifting the head when lying down; lying horizontally without lifting The head may cause prolonged bleeding.
Causes of dislocation of the tooth
There are many reasons that require the removal of teeth, the most important of these causes tooth inflammation and abscesses, and the removal of teeth is in cases where gum disease has led to the movement of teeth, and is also dislocation in cases of dental implants that cause some problems such as Bells of the mind It is also a cause of tooth extraction, teeth or accidents, and tooth contagion.
Risk of dislocation of the tooth
Although these risks are unusual, they are possible, including the following:
- Loss of blood thrombus from the place of dislocation days after it was performed.
- Inflammation.
- Nerve damage.
- Injury to adjacent teeth or fillings.
- Bruising or swelling in the place of dislocation.
- Pain at the injection site.
- Wound healing slowly.
- Blood bleeding continues after hours of dislocation.
Contact the doctor
It is normal for the patient to feel some pain after the dislocation of the tooth, especially when the anesthesia begins to disappear, and the patient to expect some swelling, and the release of blood residues, but the continuation of pain or bleeding blood for more than four hours after the removal of the tooth calls to contact the doctor, The patient should also contact the doctor in some other cases, such as signs of inflammation such as fever, chills, nausea or vomiting, shortness of breath and chest pain. The patient should know that the initial healing phase takes from one to two weeks, where bone and tissue growth begins where the tooth is removed.
Special cases
Although the removal of teeth is a safe surgical procedure, but there are some cases that the patient must tell the doctor before the procedure of dislocation of teeth, the process of dislocation of teeth allows harmful bacteria to enter the bloodstream, so the presence of a condition that raises the patient Severe inflammation calls for an antibiotic to be taken before and after removal. It is a condition that the doctor should be aware of before the dislocation procedure is as follows: