Bleeding after Wisdom tooth extraction.

Dear practo user Don't keep on changing gauze pack, it disturbs blood clot and start fresh bleed. Just take one sterile gauze pack,  keep bite on for 3 to 4 hours. Don't disturb it. Don't  spit and try to see foot blood oozing out or not. If you feel like emergency, contact doctor immediately.

don't panic

Are you taking all the post operative precautions?? You are not supposed to spit for 24 hours. Swallow your saliva. Do not gargle. Avoid touching your area with your hand or tongue. And you have to apply pressure over the gauze when your mouth is closed. If you getting small blood clots then that's normal unless you suffer from heavy bleeding. Have an ice cream from that side, it will reduce your bleeding. Avoid eating spicy food. Do not take very warm food, take all in room temperature.

Suture isn't required always. 1.buy single tablet Pause 500,crush it and put on a sterile gauze piece and place the gauze over your extracted site.make sure the crushed medicine comes in contact with bleeding socket. Do not push the gauze piece very forcefully inside the socket. 2.keep your mouth closed with the gauze piece + medication for 1 hour hour strictly. 3. After 1 hour wash your hands properly and gently pull out the gauze piece and immediately start having cup ice cream with a spoon If you don't have h/o diabetes. Or, you can place a cleaned(with water) ice cube for 5 minutes. 4.do not touch your tongue at extracted site, for next 24 hours 5.do not spit your saliva, swallow it even if it is blood mixed,for next 24 hours. 6.do not gargle at all,for next 24 hours. 7.cold compression extraorally 8.do not have hot or even warm food for 2 days. Strictly soft and cold or normal temperature diet. 9.dont use straw(plastic) to drink anything. 10.avoid brushing today. Start brushing  from tomorrow afternoon, only if no bleeding tomorrow morning onwards. 11.talk as less as possible, as that area should be as non movable as possible. 12.start doing warm water salt gargle (if h/o hypertension do not use salt in this process) from day after tomorrow. ONLY IF NO SIGNS OF BLEEDING FROM TOMORROW MORNING. 13. You can start mild gargling from tomorrow afternoon if no signs of bleeding from tomorrow morning.

Suture is not required for atraumatic extraction which might b in ur case too as it was quick.... For bleeding have cold compresses from outside... Dont change gauges again n again u r dislodging  the clot forming... And also increasing risk of infection.. Mild bleeding is normal for 1st day...

if u r taking any blood thinner or having any blood disorder meet ur dentist

follow the instructions- no spitting for 24 hrs have cold n soft diet for 24 hrs dont touch the area again n again either by hand or tongue take medicines as instructed