I had my teeth out on the chair 3 days ago. My top teeth were fully out ad my two bottom were impacted pretty bad. I was extremely nevous about the procedure so i went to my doctor and got diazapam( valium) to take the night before and half an hour before the surgery. This really helped my anxiety and i recommend doing this if you dont want to be shakry in the chair.
The only thing i felt at all was the numbing injections, and these werent painful, just sort of alarming. My surgeon was amazing, i have swelling on my cheeks but absolutely no bruising.

On the s econd night my left bottom socket started bleeding again, badly. I stressed out. I think that night i swalllowedd
about a pint of blood. The next morning i contacted my surgeon and he told me to pit a wet tea bag were the socket was and bite down firmly for 20 min. This stopped the bleeding but then i realised i had a Massive Long Jelly Blood Clot coming from the socket. It was terrifying. i went back to tje dentist and they cleaned it up amd now its all good.

Get a good surgeon

Dont smoke

Use wet teabags if you dont have guaze

I f you get clots dont stress, just rinse with salty water and remove if you can gently, or go to the dentist

Stay away from straws and take it easy in bed

Never knew the dentist pressure digging away at my jaw could hurt so much.

I’m in my mid 20′s so my healing seems to be going fairly well. The younger the better they say.

I had fairly heavy bleeding for 6 hours after my extraction. I used the teabag trick after about 4 hours of frustration and this really did slow down the bleeding. i replaced the teabag with another folded gauze pad after about 30-45 mins. 1 hour would be best if you are having serious bleeding.

you don’t want to leave a gauze pad or teabag in your socket for too long because the forming clot may adhere to the pad but on the other hand you don’t want to remove it too quickly or else the clot will have a hard time forming at all. About 30-45 mins max for gauze pads when you remove a gauze pad, be very gentle and go slowly.

If you use the teabag method, it must be a black-tea, like oolong or orange pekoe or earl gray because the acid in it is what helps clot the blood.

I had stitches on either side of the extraction site and so that caused some extensive bleeding. I am still getting a small amount of blood from the stitches but my clot seems to have formed well(thank goodness!).

I did not eat until the bleeding stopped and I could remove the gauze from my mouth without heavy bleeding. the biggest concern is to make sure the empty socket clots properly and to not disturb it! I chewed very carefully on the other side of my mouth and held my head to one side.

I returned to work today but I let them know I couldn’t do heavy lifting. I still have some bleeding around the stitches. I think from talking and doing the physical type work I do.

I would take at least 48 hours rest, if possible. This time would be useful ESPECIALLY if you do physical work. If you have to go back to work, avoid serious lifting and if you must bend over or lift, breathe deeply and try not to increase the bloodflow to your head!

Soups, yogurt, canned beans, soft boiled pasta, hummus, pates, pureed veggies, cereal soaked in milk until soft, even baby food works well!

rest, follow the instructions your dentist/surgeon gives and kinda follow your gut! if something doesn’t feel right, check with a professional. follow your specific instructions! your case might be different than other people!