i have to get my wisdom teeth cut out tomorrow morning and they told me not to smoke. well i couldnt help it, so i smoked. why do they say dont do it? what will happen since i did smoke all day?
2006-07-16 16:09:07 · 12 answers · asked by Amber 3 in Health ➔ Dental
The actualy reason they tell you not to smoke before hand is the same as it is for any surgery. When you smoke, the little muscle at the top of your stomach that separates your stomch and esophagus relaxes. Many people who smoke have GERD or acid reflux. Smoking doesn't have a long effect on this muscle, however... It's not like you destroy it by smoking, the smoke just makes it kinda lazy. When you go for surgery, they want you to not smoke the day before because if that muscle is too relaxed during the surgery, you could vomit and then inhale it and that is not good at all. Even though you aren't allowed anything to eat or drink before the procedure, you still produce stomach acid and whatever little bit of drink you cheat and take in in the morning!! So telling you not to smoke is only protecting you from developing an aspiration pneumonia.
This being said, the likliness of you actually vomiting when you are getting your wisdom teeth removed is not good. Most people do just fine as I am sure you will. It is only a precaution that they tell you no smoking. Good luck with your procedure!
2006-07-16 17:11:18 · answer #1 · answered by softballer006 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
When I had my wisdom teeth cut out they only told me not to smoke for 3 days AFTER the surgery. That's because you can easily get a dry socket (PAINFUL!) due to the sucking when you inhale the smoke.
If you've thought about quitting, now is a good time. I quit 4 years ago, and my last cigarette was the one I smoked on the way to the oral surgeon's office. After it was over I couldn't smoke, and during the hardest part of quitting, I was doped up on painkillers. So by the time I could smoke again, half the battle was already won.
Good luck on your surgery!
2006-07-16 16:18:22 · answer #2 · answered by Elle 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Go ahead with the surgery. The medical profession is of the opinion that you will tolerate anaestesia and the subsequent recovery from it much better if you're a nonsmoker. They do, however, know full well that as a smoker, facing a scary situation like going under the knife, makes you nervous, and a smoker copes by smoking. So, you might take a little more to put you under, or it might take you a little longer to come around after, or maybe it'll make you heave, but, hey, don't sweat the small stuff. Have your surgery, and afterwards, promise yourself you'll quit!Good luck in any case.
2016-03-16 00:46:12 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Cigarettes contract blood vessels, and they do damage throughout the body in regards to delaying healing potential. They told you not to smoke so ...
1. You heal faster/better
2. You don't have the toxins in the cigarettes along with the bacteria in them all over your mouth.
What could happen?
You might not heal well...
You could end up with multiple kinds of infections or other nasty complications.
2006-07-16 16:14:05 · answer #4 · answered by PreviouslyChap 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I think it's because it thins out your blood and makes it harder for the blood to clot once you start to bleed. Also the sucking motion of puffing can disslodge your blod clot in which case you can get a "dry socket" which hurts like a you know what. I always smoked before and after any of my dental work even when they told me not to, nothing ever happened to me. Just don't puff to hard after surgery.
2006-07-16 16:16:37 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
NOTHING! U just should not smoke afterwards cuz u might suck out the blood clot that forms that keeps you from getting a dry socket. I am having teeth cut out and I smoke anyway and it does not make any difference. U can get a dry socket if you don't smoke too.
2006-07-16 18:44:30 · answer #6 · answered by Barbara U 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have always heard you are not to smoke afterwards. Haven't heard anything about smoking before, unless it has something to do with vessel constriction.
2006-07-16 16:15:28 · answer #7 · answered by Flower Girl 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
oxegen is better without smoking for awhile it could be serious since your heart rate goes low on what ever they drug you up with so if you pull back on smoking your chances of survial are increased, but you should be ok don't worry
2006-07-16 16:15:20 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
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2017-01-25 23:47:33 · answer #9 · answered by Keishlyann 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
nothing will happen i smoke the day be4 and the day of having my teeth pulled and nothing happen to me
2006-07-16 16:14:16 · answer #10 · answered by cnalittlebit2002 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋