Help! rice stuck in wisdom tooth hole!?!


Question: i just got my wisdom tooth pulled out about 1 week or so ago. ive had food stuck in there but have been able to get it out. now, its healing so the hole is sort of closed up but still big enough for a piece of rice to go in but so difficult for it to come out. i haven't been eating rice but since i figured ive been eating everything else normally, i'd go for the rice and now i can't get it out. im horrified that it could cause an infection. is there i way i can get it out without having to go to the dentist?


Answers: i just got my wisdom tooth pulled out about 1 week or so ago. ive had food stuck in there but have been able to get it out. now, its healing so the hole is sort of closed up but still big enough for a piece of rice to go in but so difficult for it to come out. i haven't been eating rice but since i figured ive been eating everything else normally, i'd go for the rice and now i can't get it out. im horrified that it could cause an infection. is there i way i can get it out without having to go to the dentist?

Don't Panic! Gently swish out your mouth with warm water laced with a pinch of salt. Hold each swish as long as possible. Warm water contracts the gums & the rice will eventually fall out if you are diligent & patient. Salt is a toughening agent & will protect your gums from injury as you do this.

Did you know that warm water will kill most bacteria in your mouth? I never brush with cold water. Warm water gives you cleaner teeth as well.

So, go start swishing!

1 maybe you're imaganing it (it happened to me with something else)

2 maybe you should go to a dentist if you're so freaked out...

Try heavy rinsing with warm water and salt added. Repeat several times a day.

The dental surgeon should have given you a syringe. You fill that up with water and it should push that rice out with pressure. If you cannot do this, call your surgeon and ask if they can do it. They most likely will, it happens all the time. If you leave food in the hole, the tissue will close over it, causing an infection... and we don't want to go there okay? good luck!

See your dentist.

Been there, done that. Same scenario.

Had to have oral surgery to open the gum and antibiotics.

Very uncomfortable infection.

GO TO THE DENTIST.

can you see the piece of rice? if so, sterilize some tweezers a get it out. if you can't see it then you'll need to go to the dentist and let them get it out.

Swish with warm water until it falls out. Otherwise, are you positive it went in there? If the hole is almost closed, then it prolly wouldn't be in there





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