I had two molars pulled today and now my gums hurt. What can I do to take the pa!
Question: Avoid anything that might prevent normal healing. It is usually best not to smoke or rinse your mouth vigorously, or drink through a straw for 24 hours. These activities could dislodge the clot and delay healing.
For the first few days, if you must rinse, rinse your mouth gently afterward, for pain or swelling, apply a cold cloth or an ice bag. Ask your dentist about pain medication. You can brush and floss the other teeth as usual. But don't clean the teeth next to the tooth socket.
When having an extraction, today's modern procedures and follow up care as recommended by your dentist are there to provide you the patient great benefit and comfort.
An important part of reducing tooth extraction pain is taking your medications correctly. Dental pain medications work best in preventing pain when they are taken before the anaesthesia wears off. It is harder for a narcotic analgesic, like Tylenol Number 3, to work once you have already started hurting. Get your medications before, or right after, your oral surgery and take the narcotic right away. Of course, driving an automobile is a problem whenever someone takes narcotics so be sure to make arrangements. You can alternate using over the counter pain relievers with the prescription medication to increase the effect.
The trauma created by the tooth extraction process can cause swelling. This swelling might present itself as a slight fullness that you can feel but is not readily apparent to others, or at the other extreme a clear enlargement of facial tissue. In general, the more difficult the extraction has been the more likely swelling will occur.
Any swelling that does occur can be kept to a minimum by placing ice on your face in the area where the extraction has taken place. Position the ice on your face for 10 minutes, and then leave it off for the next 20 minutes. Repeat this cycle as you feel is necessary for up to 24 hours after the extraction.
Dry socket is an infection in your tooth socket after a tooth is extracted. The condition usually develops when a blood clot fails to form in the socket, or if the blood clot comes loose. Dry socket occurs in approximately 5 percent of all tooth extractions.
Normally, the blood clot that forms after a tooth is removed promotes healing, laying the foundation for the growth of new bone tissue. When dry socket occurs, this blood clot is lost and the infected, inflamed socket appears empty - hence the name. Nerves are exposed, and sometimes the bone is visible in the empty socket.
You may not have symptoms until 3 to 5 days after the extraction. Then, the condition will manifest itself as severe pain that doesn't subside, often accompanied by what feels like an earache. You may also have an unpleasant taste in your mouth, and bad breath. Call your dentist right away if you notice any symptoms of dry socket. Treatment for dry socket typically includes a gentle rinsing of the socket and dressing the socket with sedative medication.
Answers: Avoid anything that might prevent normal healing. It is usually best not to smoke or rinse your mouth vigorously, or drink through a straw for 24 hours. These activities could dislodge the clot and delay healing.
For the first few days, if you must rinse, rinse your mouth gently afterward, for pain or swelling, apply a cold cloth or an ice bag. Ask your dentist about pain medication. You can brush and floss the other teeth as usual. But don't clean the teeth next to the tooth socket.
When having an extraction, today's modern procedures and follow up care as recommended by your dentist are there to provide you the patient great benefit and comfort.
An important part of reducing tooth extraction pain is taking your medications correctly. Dental pain medications work best in preventing pain when they are taken before the anaesthesia wears off. It is harder for a narcotic analgesic, like Tylenol Number 3, to work once you have already started hurting. Get your medications before, or right after, your oral surgery and take the narcotic right away. Of course, driving an automobile is a problem whenever someone takes narcotics so be sure to make arrangements. You can alternate using over the counter pain relievers with the prescription medication to increase the effect.
The trauma created by the tooth extraction process can cause swelling. This swelling might present itself as a slight fullness that you can feel but is not readily apparent to others, or at the other extreme a clear enlargement of facial tissue. In general, the more difficult the extraction has been the more likely swelling will occur.
Any swelling that does occur can be kept to a minimum by placing ice on your face in the area where the extraction has taken place. Position the ice on your face for 10 minutes, and then leave it off for the next 20 minutes. Repeat this cycle as you feel is necessary for up to 24 hours after the extraction.
Dry socket is an infection in your tooth socket after a tooth is extracted. The condition usually develops when a blood clot fails to form in the socket, or if the blood clot comes loose. Dry socket occurs in approximately 5 percent of all tooth extractions.
Normally, the blood clot that forms after a tooth is removed promotes healing, laying the foundation for the growth of new bone tissue. When dry socket occurs, this blood clot is lost and the infected, inflamed socket appears empty - hence the name. Nerves are exposed, and sometimes the bone is visible in the empty socket.
You may not have symptoms until 3 to 5 days after the extraction. Then, the condition will manifest itself as severe pain that doesn't subside, often accompanied by what feels like an earache. You may also have an unpleasant taste in your mouth, and bad breath. Call your dentist right away if you notice any symptoms of dry socket. Treatment for dry socket typically includes a gentle rinsing of the socket and dressing the socket with sedative medication.
ice packs.... ibuprofen.... put a clove in your mouth (yes the funny little things that go in a baked ham).... promise it will help
the best thing to do is to put a freezing cold wet wash cloth on the sore spot, or buy some ORAJEL and it will numb it up for you instantly.
Also take some pain killers...
I hope this helps.
You can try taking any over the counter pain pills, such as Aleve, Tylenol, or Excedrin. You can also try applying a cold pack to your face/cheek area to reduce any swelling. You can also try applying over the counter tooth ache gel (such as Orajel) to your gums.
http://www.orajel.com/products/adult.htm
take the med. your dentist gave you. call, if the dentist forgot.
ice cream