ok had tooth pulled bout 16 hrs ago. ive kept gauze in there so nothing would get in the whole. am i suppose to keep the gauze in there? the bleeding has pretty much stopped. how do i know when its better. the dentist said i wanna have a bloodclot. whyyyy
2006-09-27 02:21:01 · 5 answers · asked by texasdaddy2009 3 in Health ➔ Dental
2 more ?s.
when can i start smoking again?
and okk thats all i could think of,lol
2006-09-27 02:22:12 · update #1
16 hours should be more than enough time for the bleeding to stop. That's the reason why you were told to keep the gauze there. If you take it out and don't see or taste blood, you can leave it out. The blood clot is what forms to stop the bleeding. As for smoking. The suction you create when you draw smoke from a cigarette may cause the hole to start bleeding again. You'll just have to try to find out how healed it is.
2006-09-27 02:26:49 · answer #1 · answered by IAINTELLEN 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Get the gauze OUT! A clot will not form if you don't let it and this icky gauze could cause infection to grow. If the active bleeding has stopped a clot has formed already, you just can't see it. The purpose of the clot is obviously to cut off the active bleeding. Meantime smoking will affect this clot so it is to be avoided. Other than that relax and quit smoking anyway, it just isn't a fantastic thing to do.
2006-09-27 02:29:08 · answer #2 · answered by Tulip 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I can't advise you about smoking, but a bloodclot is like a pile of tissue that will form in the socket. It will be dark in color and is made from coagulated blood. What happens is that the platelets in the blood gather into the site of the wound and cause the blood to become thick and then start to harden. Since it's in your mouth, it won't harden there, but it will feel thick and firm. That's a clot. You get them all the time when you get a scrape or a cut, but you have probably just not noticed them before. Outside of the mouth, they look and feel a bit different and are usually a lot smaller.
2006-09-27 02:27:34 · answer #3 · answered by lizardmama 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Smoking will delay the healing. You should stop smoking until your dentist has given you the OK. Better yet, you should just stop smoking....but, you already know that.
2006-09-27 02:29:21 · answer #4 · answered by clarity 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
its when the cells kinds get gummy-that means you have clotted and have started healing.
2006-09-27 02:28:28 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋