When a diseased tooth is not treatable, it has to be removed. The removal procedure is a minor surgery. As with any surgery, complications and side effects may begin. After tooth extraction, various manifestations may occur, for example, a cheek may swell. What to do in such a situation, how to help yourself without harming your health?
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Edema after tooth extraction
During any dental procedure, the doctor injures soft tissue oral cavity. When a tooth is pulled out of a patient, the painful symptoms manifest themselves in different ways. Edema is one of the common symptoms.
During tooth extraction, tissues located around the wound are necessarily injured. This is especially true when the removal is difficult or the wisdom tooth is pulled out. After surgery, the cheek is often swollen. This is considered to be a completely normal physiological reaction of the organism and literally in a couple of days everything goes by itself.
There are also cases when the swollen cheek is the result of inflammation or improper treatment. Pathological process continues in the oral cavity. It is very important to determine the correct anxiety symptoms and understand in which cases medical assistance is needed and what to do next.
When swelling does not threaten health?
Edema are different after removal of teeth. You should definitely look at the cheek puffiness and do not panic ahead of time. After tooth extraction swelling does not pose a threat to health:
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when the swelling of the gums and cheeks was even before going to the dental surgeon; - puffiness is insignificant and has not become more since the moment of removal;
- soft tissue was damaged during removal;
- no temperature increase;
- no pain, and the discomfort gradually passes away;
- in the hole there is a special blood clot covering it;
- no bad breath.
It is worth assessing your well-being and make sure that the pain gets less, swelling of the cheeks is reduced, and most importantly, does not become more. Usually, after a few days everything goes by under condition that all recommendations of the dentist are followed.
When should I seek medical help?
Puffiness in rare cases may indicate that something is wrong in the body. Call your doctor if you have alarming symptoms:
- with a strong allergic reaction, the patient has difficulty breathing;
- pain in the area of the hole does not subside, but only increases;
- body temperature has increased, general health has deteriorated, which happens during intoxication;
- bad breath;
- there is discomfort while moving the jaw or swallowing;
- her cheek was swollen a few days later, and she was not there before the dentist's visit.
It sometimes happens that the edema appeared after the removal of the tooth, and such a symptom should be an alarming sign. If the state of health does not improve, but becomes worse, then it is necessary seek medical help.
In what cases is puffiness inevitable?
In some cases, puffiness is a pattern after tooth extraction. When complex operations are significantly injured surrounding tissue. The soft tissues located nearby react negatively, almost immediately the cheek swells. The next morning, swelling of the cheeks is clearly visible.
When the 8th tooth is pulled out, the cheek is almost always swollen. Swelling of surrounding tissue leads to facial asymmetry, painful swallowing, opening the mouth.
The cause of the swelling of the cheek is inflammation. Since the infection was present in the hole at the time the tooth was pulled out, the pus was already there. The doctor usually, after carrying out the procedure, washes the wound with an antiseptic. The medicine is put in the hole and the patient should take antibiotics already at home to prevent suppurative inflammation. In such cases, no one specialist can guarantee a 100% positive result. Even with antibiotics, it is not known how the inflammatory process will react.
There are groups of people whose body may react negatively to tooth extraction. This group includes hypertensives, allergies. Even after simply pulling out a tooth, their body reacts differently.
Puffiness treatment, what to do?
If there is no cause for serious concern, the swelling can be removed by yourself. With problems of a physiological nature, edema can be treated at home. To accelerate recovery, you can use simple and affordable methods.
The cold perfectly relieves pain and inflammation, so you need make a cold compresswith and attach it to the swollen cheek. For this fit a piece of ice, a bottle of chilled water or a wet cloth.
Good effect gives soda-saline solution for a compress. It is necessary to take 1 hour spoon of baking soda and 0.5 hour spoon of salt and combine it with 0.5 cups of warm water. In a warm solution, moisten a cotton swab and attach it to the gums for 15-20 minutes. After about 1 hour, you can repeat the procedure.
During sleep, it is better to sleep on a high pillow so that the swelling goes away due to the outflow of excess fluid from the head.
Drops "Limfomiozot" are an effective decongestant, so it should be used if necessary.
If the cheek of an allergic nature is swollen, you can use the drug "Suprastin" or another antihistamine medicine.
Excessive anxiety can provoke edema, so you should calm down and not panic in vain so as not to provoke the process of puffiness.
What can offer in the clinic?
When a patient seeks medical care, the doctor examines it and analyzes the general condition. He sees the wound and determines the cause of the swelling of the cheek, picks up the treatment.
When a dry wound is performed remediation of the lesion. Pus and necrotic tissues are removed from the wound, after which the wound is washed with special means:
- hydrogen peroxide;
- furatsilin;
- dioxidine;
- antibiotic.
The cause of the swelling of the cheeks can be a piece of tooth remaining in the gums. It is detected and removed, and then the wound is treated.
With an abscess, the wound is drained using rubber bands or silicone drainage tubes. After that, the doctor prescribes treatment to the patient. Most often these are antibiotics and nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs.
The patient, having received qualified assistance, goes home and continues the treatment prescribed by the doctor on his own.
Complications Prevention
To prevent possible complications, it is necessary to take preventive measures. For example, after removing a tooth, it is better to postpone active actions and spend the rest of the day in complete peace of mind. Physical activity gives increased blood flow, which can trigger the development of pathology.
In the first days after a tooth is pulled out, it is necessary to pay special attention to your diet. Do not eat too hot or cold food. Drinks it is advisable to drink from the tube, so that the liquid does not fall into the wound.
On the day of removal after surgery is not recommended to brush your teeth. You can use a special dental floss, rinse the mouth. It is better not to touch the wound or injure more on the first day, so as not to increase the swelling.
Warming procedures, hot air, steam in the wound area can also negatively affect its condition. It is impossible to do such procedures until the wound is completely healed so as not to cause complications.
Additional recommendations
If immediately after the removal of the tooth there are strong pains and swelling of the cheeks, you should not torture yourself. There are medicinal pain relieversto help relieve pain. It is best to ask a specialist who has pulled a tooth. He will be able to recommend a suitable tool.
If the swelling appeared after the operation, then the cause may be bone tissue remaining in the cavity. Most likely it caused an inflammatory process. In such cases, preventive measures will not help and you can not self-medicate. You should immediately go to the dental clinic for an appointment with a specialist.
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