Care & Advice

• Bite firmly down on the gauze placed in your mouth by the dentist. This is to help stop the bleeding.
• Keep this in your mouth for at least 10-15 minutes or until you get home.
• Do not spit during this period.
• Do not rinse your mouth on the day of your extraction, or touch the socket.
• Avoid hot drinks and food on the day of your extraction.
• Avoid hard foods which may traumatise the socket.
• Avoid alcohol for the rest of the day.
• Do not smoke for the rest of the day.
• Avoid exercise on the day of your extraction.
• It may be helpful to sleep with an extra pillow.
• Brush your other teeth as recommended, taking special care near sockets.
• As the anaesthetic wears off, you may experience some discomfort. If necessary, take a mild painkiller, such as paracetamol.
• The day after the extraction, you should bathe your mouth gently twice daily with a mouthwash – this will speed healing. A teaspoon of salt in a tumbler of lukewarm water provides an ideal mouth rinse.

If the extraction site starts bleeding again, bite tightly on a clean rolled up handkerchief for 15 minutes while sitting upright. It may be necessary to repeat this. If you fail to stop the bleeding, please get in touch with us for further advice.

1. Place your toothbrush at a 45-degree angle to your gums.
2. Brush gently in a circular motion.
3. Brush the outer, inner, and chewing surfaces of each tooth.
4. Use the tip of your brush for the inner surface of your front teeth.

1. Wind about eighteen inches of floss around your fingers. Most of it should be wrapped around one finger, and as the floss is used, the other finger takes it up.
2. Use your thumbs and forefingers to guide about one inch of floss between your teeth.
3. Holding the floss tightly, gently saw the floss between your teeth. Then curve the floss into a C-shape against one tooth and gently slide it beneath your gums.
4. Slide the floss up and down, repeating for each tooth.