Ok so I know the dentist says 24-48 hours but what I wanna know is how long the blood clot is actually capiable of falling out. I really dont wanna take any chances. I hear that dry sockets are really painful.
2007-03-15 07:52:46 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ Dental
if your gunna tell me to stop smoking dont comment please
2007-03-15 10:23:23 · update #1
i waited 3 days i had mine done 2 weeks ago i think and its all good!
2007-03-15 07:57:57 · answer #1 · answered by Kristell 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Do not smoke for 48 hours! If you smoke, you WILL get a dry socket because the chemicals in the smoke get into the saliva and dissolve the clot. Even worse, the continued smoking irritates the bone in the socket and the dry socket will be especially painful and persistent. If you have ever had a dry socket, you will do ANYTHING to avoid another one.
2007-03-15 14:56:59 · answer #2 · answered by nochocolate 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'd say, the removal of a tooth in comparison with ending up with emphysema or cancer of the mouth, throat or lungs, is a small inconvenience to go through - blood clot, and dry sockets as a result of the extraction.
Your question is both a paradox and a contradiction.
Deal with your conundrum with more profound comprehension of your situation.
Your question, unbeknown to you is telling you : STOP SMOKING, BEFORE SOMETHING REALLY SERIOUS OCCURS AS A CONSEQUENCE!!!
2007-03-15 15:02:22 · answer #3 · answered by skydancerwi 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
this could be a good opportunity for you to quit smoking, especially since you can't do it for a few days anyway. but if you don't care and insist on continuing with it, i'd wait until the blood clot is gone and the wound is practically healed. that way you aren't taking any chances.
2007-03-15 15:02:05 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would wait at least 48 hours if not a little longer until it is more healed. You could get otherwise a really nasty, nasty infection!!!! This might be the time to quit smoking by the way.....
2007-03-15 14:56:36 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Wait about the rest of your life. Take it from me: My grandad died from lung cancer, and the threat of others losing somone to smoking constantly hangs over me. Don't go back to smoking, this could be your big oppurtunity.
2007-03-15 15:08:11 · answer #6 · answered by I LIKE CHOCOLATE MILK!!! 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Use this opportunity to quit!Smoking is nasty and it makes you look very unattractive.You always smell like sh!t and your getting wrinkles by the minute.Smoking might even be the reason you had to have teeth removed.Love yourself first
2007-03-15 17:17:45 · answer #7 · answered by charles 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
24-48 is sounds right
2007-03-15 15:00:23 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
About 50 years...
2007-03-15 14:55:39 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
let me see... 50...100..10000000...forever!
Smoking will never help you. It causes cancer, emphysema and awhole lot of other stuff! It DOESN'T make you cool and hurts the people around you, too.
2007-03-15 15:04:29 · answer #10 · answered by ←Andy→ 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋