Contents:
- Medical Video: How to Heal Faster After Having a Tooth Removed
- Get to know the tooth extraction surgery
- 1. Take painkillers
- 2. Cold compress
- 3. Gargle salt water
- 4. Choose safe foods and drinks
- 5. Sleep with a high pillow
- 6. Don't touch the former tooth extraction area
- Does drinking ice after pulling teeth can speed healing?
Medical Video: How to Heal Faster After Having a Tooth Removed
Many people suggest that, after the tooth extraction surgery, it's good to drink cold water. Without realizing it, we fully believe that suggestion. The question is, is this true and medically safe? How can drinking ice after pulling teeth speed healing? Find out the answer below.
Get to know the tooth extraction surgery
The dentist will pull out your teeth because the teeth have been damaged. Teeth that have been damaged, for example due to a very severe and porous hole, can certainly cause pain. Furthermore, if the tooth is not removed, the damage can spread to other teeth.
Dental surgery is usually done using anesthesia so that you do not feel pain. However, after the surgery is finished and the effect of anesthesia is gone, the pain can come back.
After your teeth are removed, of course there will be a hole in the gums and can bleed. In other words, where your teeth are long, the gums bleed, and can become inflamed or swollen. This is a natural thing that happens. However, to speed healing and recovery, there are a number of things you can do, for example the things below.
1. Take painkillers
First, you may be given a painkiller by your dentist. These drugs can reduce pain after your teeth are removed.
2. Cold compress
You can also give ice packs from outside. Apply an ice pack to your skin about 10 to 20 minutes once compressed. Place a thick cloth between the ice and your skin so that the blood vessels don't die completely in flowing the blood.
3. Gargle salt water
After 24 hours have passed after removing the tooth, you can rinse with salt water several times a day. The goal is also to reduce swelling and pain. However, don't rinse too hard because it can make the gums bleed again and slow healing.
4. Choose safe foods and drinks
After removing the teeth, choose soft foods such as soup, boiled noodles, pudding, and porridge. Avoid foods and drinks that are too hot because it will make the healing process longer.
5. Sleep with a high pillow
When sleeping, lie down with a pillow. Make sure the position of the head is higher than the body because a flat position instead prolongs bleeding.
6. Don't touch the former tooth extraction area
Avoid touching the former area of tooth extraction, for example by using a toothbrush, toothpick, or tongue. This can also prolong the recovery process and even cause re-bleeding. When brushing your teeth and cleaning your mouth, do it slowly and gently.
Does drinking ice after pulling teeth can speed healing?
Basically, cold temperatures will make blood vessels narrow. In other words, blood will not flow profusely because of the narrow blood vessels. This happens to stop bleeding in the former tooth extraction area. This is why ice packs need to be done after you remove the teeth. Then what about drinking ice after pulling teeth?
You need to be careful when doing something that will lead to direct contact with a tooth extract. For example, some of the activities mentioned above, namely gargling too hard, brushing your teeth, and playing your tongue in the scar area, pulling teeth.
Drinking water, especially drinking cold water or drinking ice after removing your teeth is actually not prohibited. However, when drinking cold water you need to be careful when using a straw. The sucking movement in the mouth can cause pressure on the gums and can slow the healing process. The straw also risks nudging your scars.
In essence, please just drink ice after removing the teeth. However, avoid using straws or drinking quickly. If the bleeding doesn't stop after a few days, contact your dentist immediately.
