Why is it bad to smoke cigarettes after having teeth pulled?!
Question: Because during the healing process, when your gums start to produce scar tissue to cover up the big hole in your mouth from the missing tooth, the inhalation from smoking can cause that tissue to break loose from your gums- which then will lead to a longer healing process. Besides that, the nicotene in cigarettes isn't good for the open wound in your mouth. It's like inviting the toxins from the cigarettes into your blood stream...like chewing tobacco leads to gingivitis..
Answers: Because during the healing process, when your gums start to produce scar tissue to cover up the big hole in your mouth from the missing tooth, the inhalation from smoking can cause that tissue to break loose from your gums- which then will lead to a longer healing process. Besides that, the nicotene in cigarettes isn't good for the open wound in your mouth. It's like inviting the toxins from the cigarettes into your blood stream...like chewing tobacco leads to gingivitis..
Because the sucking action can open up the wounds inside your mouth, and cause additional bleeding.
I think after you have teeth pulled there is a gooey blood clot that forms over the space. You do not want to dislodge this as you may get a dry socket- bacteria in the hole, really painful. That's why they tell you to not suck anything thru a straw after wards. I'm pretty sure puffing a smoke might do the same.
Short Answer.... It can lead to slower healing/infection.
Long Answer.....
After a tooth extraction, a blood cloth slowly forms in the hole left in the bone by the removed tooth. This blood cloth is the initial phase of the healing process. The blood clot