Pull your teeth out and you’re done?
Tooth extraction is a very simple process. Many people don’t take tooth extraction seriously. They think that if they pull out their teeth, they will have nothing to do.
In fact, it is wrong to think so. If you do not pay attention to the care after tooth extraction, the mouth will be difficult to restore health again.
How should nurse after unplugging a tooth?
Let’s take a look at it.
How should nurse after unplugging a tooth?
1, bite gauze after the tooth extraction, the doctor will give the patient a piece of hemostatic gauze, let the patient bite in the mouth, to gently bite the teeth.
After biting this piece of hemostatic gauze for about 40 to 60 minutes, gently spit out the gauze. If the gauze still has obvious bleeding, then change another piece of hemostatic gauze and continue to bite for another 30 minutes.
Pay attention to when biting gauze, do not use too much strength, gently bite can be, gently bite gauze can achieve the purpose of bleeding, if the bite is too heavy, it will accelerate blood loss.
2, when to eat, how to eat after the tooth extraction, when to eat, is a lot of patients will worry about the problem.
In fact, two hours after the tooth extraction is forbidden to eat food and water, two hours after the appropriate to eat some liquid food, such as porridge and noodles and so on.
Pay attention to the food is not too hot, not too cold, careful to irritate the teeth.
Also, don’t chew on the side where the tooth is extracted. Although this may not be comfortable at first, it should be done for early recovery.
3, when can gargle, when can brush your teeth many people want to gargle after tooth extraction, because the mouth feels very bitter, bleeding will also give a person a kind of sticky oral unsanitary feeling.
But after the tooth extraction, within 24 hours is not able to gargle, can not brush your teeth, 24 hours after the appropriate gargle, pay attention to brush your teeth can not be too vigorously.
After pulling a tooth, you can’t help but leave some saliva. Don’t spit it out, swallow it all, and spit it out 24 hours later.
4, how to relieve the pain after tooth extraction, especially after the anesthetic subsided, the patient will feel very toothache, sometimes even unbearable.
Patients can use cold compress to relieve toothache within 24 hours after tooth extraction. They can use mineral water with a bottle of ice water to cold compress the face, or they can use ice cubes wrapped with towels to ice.
If the pain is unbearable, over-the-counter pain relievers such as fenbide and ibuprofen can also be taken.
5. How to deal with fever Some people will have an appropriate fever after tooth extraction, especially those with weak physical fitness.
After tooth extraction if the fever is caused by infection in most cases, this is a relatively normal phenomenon, anti-inflammatory can be.
If you have a fever, keep warm and use anti-inflammatory drugs appropriately. If the temperature is not high, you can use physical ways to cool down.
Although tooth extraction is very simple, but the care after tooth extraction is very important. I hope that people who need tooth extraction can understand these matters in advance, which is helpful to the maintenance of oral health.
