TREATMENT

Tooth extraction

Sometimes it's necessary to remove one or more teeth. The reason for this can be:

  • Large cavity attacks, when it's not possible to repair.
  • Trauma-damaged teeth, when it's not possible to repair.
  • When the teeth have lost too much of their attachment in the jawbone.
  • When it's too crowded in the dental arch and teeth need to be removed due to lack of space. This is usually in connection with orthodontic treatment.
  • Other reasons can be health care related.

What can you normally expect afterwards?

After a tooth extraction, there will be minor bleeding. To stop the bleeding, a compress is placed against the wound area that you bite on for about 40 minutes. After this time, bleeding should have stopped and you can discard the compress. If new bleeding doesn't occur, you don't need to change the compress.

When the anesthesia wears off, you as a patient can expect minor bleeding to occur, then take your extra compresses you got after the visit and place against the wound. Bite down hard for about 40 minutes. It's important that you don't rinse your mouth the first day, it disturbs healing and also creates more bleeding.

Swelling, difficulty opening mouth, and bruising can occur after a tooth extraction but are temporary.

It's normal for it to hurt after a tooth extraction and that pain relief in the form of regular intake of over-the-counter painkillers is needed the first few days.

What does the patient need to do afterwards?

It's important to take care of the blood clot that forms a scab in the hole after the tooth, therefore you should not rinse your mouth afterwards. Also avoid eating and drinking the first 2 hours after the tooth extraction.

It's fine to brush your teeth as usual but not over the wound area. Don't rinse your mouth after brushing.

Avoid this the first 2-3 days:

  • Rinsing the mouth vigorously
  • Hot food and drinks
  • Heavy lifting and strenuous physical activity
  • Alcohol
  • Tobacco
  • Painkillers containing ibuprofen and acetylsalicylic acid (Treo, Ipren, Aspirin)

After a tooth extraction, the blood in the wound area will form a blood clot. It's important for wound healing and therefore it's important to keep the blood clot in place. You achieve this by maintaining even blood pressure and even blood flow to the wound area. Therefore, you should avoid heavy lifting, strenuous physical activities, hot food, hot drinks, and alcohol.

After about 2-3 days, the blood clot has become stable enough to withstand blood pressure changes and increased blood flow to the area. When using tobacco, a delayed healing process is expected.

For questions or symptoms beyond those described above, such as: Difficulty swallowing, severe pain, fever (temperature above 38C) and general impact, contact us by phone 08-21 17 22 weekdays between 8:30-17:00. Other times, contact 070-041 76 68, leave a message and you will be called back.