
Notes for patients following tooth extractions
- Avoid rinsing, violent exercise, alcohol and smoking for 24 hours after the tooth extraction.
- For heavy bleeding, sit down and place a clean handkerchief or tissue over the socket and bite down for fifteen minutes.
- The day after extraction, rinse every few hours with warm salt mouthwashes (one teaspoon of salt in a mug of warm water).
- Use your usual pain killers to relieve pain if necessary.
- If you have any problems, please contact the surgery. If it is not within surgery hours please leave a message and we will contact you as soon as possible.
- The out of hours emergency telephone number is Teesdale 01833 631140.
Cleaning your teeth
It is very important that you keep up a good cleaning routine at home to keep your teeth and gums healthy.
- Brush your teeth twice a day (morning and night) with fluoride toothpaste, using a small headed medium bristled brush. (Children under 7 should use pea sized blob of children's toothpaste and should always be supervised).
- Cleaning in between your teeth is very important too. This can be done using floss, flossettes, interdental brushes (bottle brushes) or battery/electrically operated cleaning aids.
- Using a mouthwash can help to freshen the breath and help fight decay and gum disease.
- Chewing sugar free chewing gum after meals for around 20 minutes helps to reduce decay by stimulating saliva flow.