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louie asked in HealthDental · 1 decade ago

Oral Surgery - The Day After?

I had oral surgery yesterday to have a molar removed. This morning I feel like someone ran over me with a mac truck. Anyone have any unique tricks for dealing with the pain besides pain pills, ice packs, warm steam packs etc... Any and all suggestions would be welcome.

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  • 1 decade ago
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    Rinsing with warm salty water will help keep the area clean, preventing infection and helps speed up the healing time. And you need anti inflammatories such as ibuprofen to help with the pain as they will reduce any swelling.

  • Anonymous
    5 years ago

    Why are you going to a well being midsection for a the tooth extraction? Oral surgeons do those of their workplaces each and every of the time and hospitals at the instant are not mandatory. while you're in a well being midsection for the technique, sure you will be unclothed below your dress, yet I easily have in no way heard of anybody having this finished in a well being midsection in over 30 years of dental journey. the only time it relatively is mandatory is that if the affected person is a "particular desires" affected person. If being taken care of at an oral surgeons place of work, you is basically no longer required to disrobe in the previous the technique. They do ask which you place on a short sleeve shirt so as that they might administer the IV sedation relatively. below no circumstances ought to a dentist ask you to disrobe (undress). the dress they're relating is to guard your clothing.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    I had all 4 of my wisdom teeth removed at once a few years back. It was also unfortunate that the surgery happened a few months after I overdosed so the only got 8 Tylenol 3s to treat the pain.

    The best advice I can give you is to...just suck it up. Your mouth will heal quick enough (I was well enough to go back to school and work the Monday following my surgery and I had it Friday afternoon). I would recommend Tylenol for the pain over Advil and Aspirin and maybe an ice pack. In the meantime, avoid eating salty foods (like French fries, chips, anything with an abudance of salt on it), carbonated drinks, etcetera and use mouth wash frequently. Focus on swishing it around the affected area to keep clean. Your dentist should have briefed you on all this...and, trust me, it helps. Go to sleep if the pain is bothering you a lot. The brain releases all sorts of chemicals to help alleviate the pain which will make you sleepier than usual (but you probably haven't noticed because the pain). Just relax and try to do something that will help you sleep - listen to calming, lyricless music, count sheep, whatever.

    And if you smoke, don't.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    Pain pills and ice packs is really about the best way to go. The good news is that this type of thing does get better within just two or three days.

    The one piece of advice I have for you is that applying any kind of heat to the area is a bad idea. By applying heat, you increase blood flow to the area, risking bleeding and possibly causing it to just throb more.

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