Can I smoke after tooth extraction?
No smoking.
There is a certain wound in the mouth after tooth extraction, which is a sensitive period. At this time, the pain is obvious, and gum swelling and gingivitis may occur. And it's easy. Of course, you need to disinfect with mouthwash for a few days after tooth extraction. In the meantime, it is best not to eat spicy and exciting food or hard food. Generally, a liquid diet is given priority to, eating some porridge and bread, and drinking pure milk every day to supplement nutrition.
Smoking may lead to serious infection of broken gums after tooth extraction, causing inflammation and severe pain, and may also cause suppuration with very bad consequences. So it's best not to smoke or drink.
What about smoking after tooth extraction?
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Generally, after tooth extraction, the wound will quickly form a blood clot, which can stop bleeding as soon as possible and promote wound healing. If you smoke before tooth extraction, tar and nicotine in the smoke remain on the oral mucosa, gums and tooth surfaces, and penetrate into the wound surface during tooth extraction, which affects the formation of blood clots on the wound surface and causes wound bleeding; Smoking after tooth extraction, smoke will dissolve small blood clots, easy to ooze blood.
Reduce the nutrition and oxygen supply of wound tissue.
According to the measurement, if a smoker smokes 20 cigarettes a day, the red blood cells in the blood can lose 70% of their oxygen carrying capacity. In addition, nicotine and carbon monoxide indirectly cause vasospasm, so the blood supply to the tissues around the tooth extraction wound will be reduced, and the local nutrients and oxygen will be reduced accordingly, delaying wound healing.
It is prone to dry socket.
Dry socket is the main complication after tooth extraction. The main symptom is severe pain of alveolar bone, which can radiate to mandible or ototemporal region. This is because the smoke in cigarettes can promote the contraction of small blood vessels in gums and other parts, and the gums, gums and other distal parts are ischemic; The ability of ischemic tissue to resist infection and repair damage decreases, leading to dry socket.
Taboos after tooth extraction
1, can't eat irritating food.
Don't drink alcohol or eat spicy food, so as not to aggravate the pain or bleeding. Never put unsterilized paper, cotton, tooth powder, etc. In the tooth extraction wound.
2, should not eat hot, hard food.
Don't drink hot water or eat food that is too hot or hard. Hot food can cause vasodilation and easy bleeding; Excellent food is a mechanical stimulus to the wound, which will cause bleeding and aggravate the injury, so it should be avoided.
3, can't rinse your mouth and brush your teeth
Don't rinse your mouth, let alone brush your teeth, because the wound hasn't healed after tooth extraction. If you gargle and brush your teeth at this time, it will cause the wound to tear, causing bleeding and pain.
4. Don't do strenuous exercise.
Don't take part in strenuous exercise. There is no problem with basic daily activities. Pay attention to rest and don't stay up late, especially from 10 to 2 pm, which is the best time for body repair and needs to be repaired during sleep.