how long should i wait to smoke after a wisdom tooth extraction?

Answer 1

24 hours.......did you not get a leaflet on how to care for extractions after surgery....it will have all the info on there...not to rinse the area of extraction for 24hours also but after the 24hours rinse with salt water gently...

Answer 2

When your dentist performs the extraction you should expect that you will feel a lot of pressure, here's why. The root portion of a tooth is firmly encased in bone (its socket) and it is tightly bound into place in this socket by a ligament. During the extraction process the dentist needs to expand the socket (widen and enlarge it) and separate the tooth from its ligament to a point where the tooth is loose and free to come out. The bone of the jaw is compressible to some degree. That means if a dentist can apply firm pressure to a tooth, forcing it against one of the sides of its socket, the bone in that area will become compressed. The net result is that the socket becomes slightly enlarged. After repeated application of pressure to a tooth, from many different directions, the entire socket becomes larger. The ligament that holds the tooth in place will become detached from the tooth too. Finally at some point, enough space will have been created and the ligament separated from the tooth enough that the tooth will come out. Dentists have a variety of tools they use to manipulate and apply pressure to teeth. Some of them are specialized pliers termed "extraction forceps." Dentists also use levers that are called "elevators" (they look somewhat similar to small screwdrivers). Usually a dentist will use an elevator first. These tools are intended to wedge between the tooth and the bone surrounding it. The force the dentist applies to the elevator in turn places pressure on the tooth. This action on the tooth helps to expand its socket and separate its ligament. It's somewhat common that a tooth can be extracted with just the use of an elevator. Understanding the dentist's use of extraction forceps is more straightforward. The dentist will grasp the tooth with the forceps and then firmly and deliberately rock the tooth back and forth. They will also rotate the tooth as much as it will. The combination of these tooth movements expands the tooth's socket and separates its ligament.

Answer 3

In case of any normal tooth extraction, I'd advise a period of 7 days before smoking again. But in case of a wisdom tooth extraction, there is considerable bone loss and trauma following which even normal healing is delayed. As it is you may suffer from pain the next day. Apply ice packs as much as possible to prevent swelling. And like it or not you must stop smoking for atleast 2 weeks to ensure proper and complete healing.
Don't mess with your body, or it will mess with you.
My advice is: DON'T SMOKE. Period.
Good luck and God bless!

Answer 4

I smoked fairly soon after, but you have to be EXTREMELY careful! If you "suck" to hard, you will get Dry Socket and apparently it hurts like HELL! Just try to not smoke very much. I was so worried about getting dry socket that I didn't smoke very much until they were healed.

And to all the other people, yeah, we know we need to quit smoking, but that wasn't the question!

Answer 5

Forever.

Answer 6

Why don't you take this time to stop completely, If you can stop for a day try 2-3, a week, a month a lifetime it will be worth it.

Answer 7

smoke through your nose if it's that bad....or use this as your chance to quit.

It's the suction you make while smoking that causes infection - not really the actual smoke.

Answer 8

I would wait about a month. This will insure proper healing and less irritation to the gums (if you can go that long).

Answer 9

just dont smoke at all your wasteing hlf your life smoking

Answer 10

Even if you could, I wouldnt smoke at all, its just so bad for your health. =/