[Rina88]

Hello I hope I can get the answer I'm hoping for.

Well Here is my story.
I am 23 years old I went to the dentist on Monday,June 4th and I went in as a walk in because I had terrible pain from a very bad Cavity it is now Saturday, June 9th.
This was my first time ever getting a tooth pulled let alone my wisdom tooth and the dentist I got was Horrible!

She wouldn't answer any question I had and wanted to pull all my wisdom teeth out and I really don't have the money. Well she kicked my mother out of the office because she was asking questions and to top it off she stuck the needle she was giving me to numb the extraction site in the outside part of my lip (was very painful) on "Accident".
So she tells me that if it hurts me to raise my hand (at this point I was very nervous and she didn't help me feel very at ease). She starts to pull on the tooth and it hurt a little but she did not listen that it hurt and takes it out no problems but it has an infection and I got no stitches. She tells me not to smoke for 7 days, gives me antibiotics and Tylenol 3 and didn't explain anything to me.

For a week now I've been very confused of what to do and researching but getting very different answers from everyone. I am a smoker and I know its not healthy for me but I am not a heavy smoker. I wanted to know when it was safe to smoke a cigarette and when I can start eating regular foods again.

Please if possible can anyone answer my question. It would be wounderful! Thank you very much!

[joebanana]

Dude, I would have fired up on the way to my car. "Don't smoke for 7 day's", yeah right. How about 7 minutes? It's not like your going to get cancer where the tooth used to be for smoking a grit. Light up, if your head explodes, wait awhile before trying it again. Don't expect money to shoot out your butt, but don't go writing a suicide note either.

[Wondergirl]

What the dentist wants to do is avoid a dry socket and all the mess and pain that involves. Sucking on a cigarette or straw will often cause the blood clot to loosen, and a dry socket will result. I'd wait to smoke and then smoke very, very carefully. Continue eating soft foods until you talk to or visit the dentist again. Or call your regular one. (Didn't you get a sheet of after-care instructions?)

[JudyKayTee]

Yes, it's all about a dry socket.

[joypulv]

I can't believe you didn't get an instruction sheet? (You were rushed and treated abruptly because you were a walk in! You should call and ask for an emergency appt. How fair were you to others waiting?)
Basic instructions are to rinse as often as you can (every few hours) with warm salted water and to gently brush the top of the gum around the tooth.
As for stitches - they don't do that anymore!

[Rina88]

Yeah, My tooth is fine its actually healing quite nicely. There wasn't very many people in there at the time and only one dentist. My mother told me about dry socket and stuff. She was more informative then the dentist lol

[JudyKayTee]

Yeah, My tooth is fine its actually healing quite nicely. There wasnt very many people in there at the time and only one dentist. My mother told me about dry socket and stuff. She was more informative then the dentist lol

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