How Do You Care For A Tooth After Extraction?
“Hi my name is Michelle and I’m going to explain to you on how you can care for a tooth after extraction. It is very important that when you do have a tooth extracted that you really want to avoid that area. You want to avoid chewing on that side, you want to avoid messing around with it with your tongue, especially if you have any stitches in your mouth. You really want to just take care of the area. You want to really rinse with warm salt water rinses. It is a great remedy. It helps with any inflammation that you might have and it also helps with any soreness that you might have after the extraction. You really, if you are a smoker you really want to avoid smoking for the initial first 24 to 48 hours because if you do what happens when you do smoke is you are creating suction and you can get what we call a dry socket which is very painful. You do not want to have that. You also want to avoid as far as like caffeine products or any acid type foods for your gums. You want to also avoid
