Help stop the bleeding after Tooth extraction?!

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Your mother is correct, you need to bite hard on the gauze in order for the bleeding to stop. Biting softly will only allow the socket to ooze and a blood clot will not be able to form. Pay no attention to the dental nurse from England. I don't know what kind of dentistry they do over there but compression is needed to stop all bleeding. Don't go overboard on the meaning of biting "hard." All you need is firm steady pressure on the gauze for about an hour and it does not hurt to bite longer than necessary. If after an hour, take the gauze out and if you see active pooling of blood, then wad up another piece of gauze and bite with firm steady pressure again for another hour. If you run out of gauze, a good substitute is to use a moist tea bag. The tannic acid in the tea is a natural coagulator and should stop any bleeding within an hour or so. Again, if in doubt about how long you need to bite down, longer will not hurt but shorter will. Just make sure you keep FIRM and STEADY pressure on the socket so don't fall asleep becasue that will be a bad thing. Do not spit or rinse until the next day and if not needed, don't even do it then.

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Take the gauze out, gently rinse your mouth with warm water and see if the bleeding has stopped. If not try biting on the corner of a dry face cloth. The idea is to put pressure on the wound to seal the capillaries, they form little clots to seal themselves, and the bleeding stops. Don't poke around in there or chew on that side and use your tooth brush carefully for the next couple days so you don't start it to bleeding again.

Removing a teeth or growing a new one such as the wisdom teeth can be associated with serious pains. It is definitely necessary to plan for a remedy most expecially a natural one before taking such painful risk. Being prepared for the pain helps to reduce its effect. So try to find one ready.

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Bite medium, and make sure the gauze stays saturated with saliva so that it doesn't stick o the clot.

You should have never ever put the gauze in unless it was bleeding in large amounts when you got home. Did the dentist now give you post extraction advice notes? As soon as you put the gauze into your mouth it has knocked out the blood clot which had been trying to form and now it has made it bleed even more. Your mouth/socket will ooze blood sometimes for days you can taste blood on your tongue and saliva but not bleeding as such. You put the gauze in if it uncontrollable bleeding. Okay so make sure you have a note of the following - Is it bleeding and your mouth is filling up with blood? If yes then roll up a clean tea towel, dampen this and bite down for 20 minutes until it stops, If no then do nothing okay, don't put anything else in there done even poke your tongue around there. The blood clot will be trying to form again, this looks like red jelly, then it turns blackish. You must eat to allow your saliva and mouth to get normal again so have soup and take your painkillers. Yes you will taste blood and its not nice but this is normal and expected. There is no need to run to the store to buy anything as if it is still bleeding a LOT then you must call the emergency dentist.

I am a dental nurse in the UK