I have just undergone Dental Surgery, what must I do following the Operation ?
Following an Extraction
- Please use and complete the anti-biotics and painkillers prescribed to you.
- Don’t spit blood out of the mouth, rather swallow the blood after an extraction.
- Bite on gauze; it will help with the bleeding.
- Do not rinse with oral rinse for the first 48 hours. After 48 hours rinse gently with Luke warm salt water or as the prescribe oral rinse two times a day.
- Please use the ice – pack provided for surgical extractions.
- If you had undergone a dentectomy and received dentures, please do not take them out until your follow up appointment the next day.
- No drinking of alcohol or smoking for the first week after surgery.
Dental Fillings – Children
- Please use and complete the anti-biotics and painkillers prescribed to you.
- Do not eat or drink before the local anaesthetic has worn off.