Got wisdom teeth surgery need help.?!
Question: I had 2 wisdon teeth pulled out by surgery like 5 days ago, they were not fully impacted. I was prescribed the antibiotic for 7 days 4 pills a day but i only taken it for 3 days i didnt complete the course and today is the 5th day. so would i be ok rinsing my mouth with salt water? i just didnt like the side effects of that antibiotic. my stiches are coming off on tuesday 2 days from today so i just need to know what else i can do to prevent infection? by the way i dont chew with my jaws i use my front teeth. any help? Thanks.
Answers: I had 2 wisdon teeth pulled out by surgery like 5 days ago, they were not fully impacted. I was prescribed the antibiotic for 7 days 4 pills a day but i only taken it for 3 days i didnt complete the course and today is the 5th day. so would i be ok rinsing my mouth with salt water? i just didnt like the side effects of that antibiotic. my stiches are coming off on tuesday 2 days from today so i just need to know what else i can do to prevent infection? by the way i dont chew with my jaws i use my front teeth. any help? Thanks.
I had all 4 wisdom teeth out in surgery and I wasnt given any antibiotics was only told to wash my mouth with warm salt water 3 times a day and i never got any infections!
you should be fine to rinse with salt water
Yes, you are probably fine to rinse with antibiotics. However, not completing the antibiotics can cause antibiotics resistance. This is the reason for the huge outbreak of resistant staph infections killing people. If you do not take all of the antibiotics, not all the bacteria that should have been killed die. This results in regrowth of these bacteria and when prescribed this antibiotic again, it will not work. You are asking for trouble.