Instructions Following Oral Surgery

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Instructions Following Oral Surgery

Continue to bite on the gauze pack for a minimum of 30 minutes. If there is still a slight bleeding, place more gauze and bite with firm pressure for another 15 minutes. It is usual for an extraction site to ooze a small amount of blood up to 24 hours after oral surgery.
After the local anesthetic has worn off, you may eat soft foods and drink liquids (as long as they are not hot). Avoid drinking through a straw.
You may brush your teeth at night, but avoid brushing over the extraction site.
Do not smoke or rinse your mouth for the first 24 hours following the procedure.
After 24 hours, it is beneficial to rinse several times a day with warm, weak salt water. This helps keep the extraction site clean and free of food particles.

It is best to take pain medication within two hours after the procedure. Take what you would typically take for a headache, the prescribed medication, and some liquids. Do not take medication on an empty stomach.
It is expected to experience a moderate, dull ache for several days after an extraction. Soreness in opening and closing, along with a little swelling, is also normal.
If sutures were placed, you would need to return one week later for a brief appointment to remove them and check on healing. Even if the sutures appear to fall out, you should still keep the appointment.
If anything appears abnormal or the discomfort continues to worsen, please call the office so we can see you as soon as possible.

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