Post Operative Instructions for Extractions and Oral Surgery

We'll go through all your after-care instructions with you at the practice, but we do recommend you don't spit, rinse, suck (using a straw), smoke, drink carbonated or alcoholic beverages for at least 24 hours.

It is very normal to begin to feel pain in the area once the anaesthetic has worn off, and if this is the case, we recommend taking over-the-counter- painkillers.

DO NOT TAKE MORE THAN 8 PARACETAMOL OR 8

IBUPROFEN IN A 24-HOUR PERIOD.

At Laws Dental, we recommend lukewarm salt water mouth-rinses a day after the extraction after every meal - by doing this you are keeping the wound clean.

Please don't hesitate to get in touch with the practice for further details following your tooth extraction.