Smoking after tooth extraction?

i have just been to the dentist to have a back tooth taken out, he said before he started that i shouldn't smoke for 3 days. However, i seem to have very stubborn teeth with extra long roots, and he could only get half out, i'm going back to have the other half taken out on friday. Thats means 6 days of no smoking. Why is it that you shouldn't smoke after tooth extractions.

Smoking after tooth extraction?
Poor you having to go back again sounds painful!


Smoking increases the chance of infection,but must admit i had a tooth out couple months ago and had a cig few hrs later naughty i know but if you keep mouth clean and salt rinse should be ok,i was.
Reply:You can get infection if you smoke
Reply:They say it causes an infection but i've always left the dentist, got in the car and had a fag straight away, and i've been ok up to now. I wish i had more willpower then maybe i wld have stopped smoking by now ( i've had 7 teeth removed so far!)
Reply:3 days is a bit extreme. I was told a few hours
Reply:Because the drawing of a ciggy. will make the healing process longer, and with all open wounds infections can set in. Stupidly I have smoked after tooth extraction, and got an infection, which is nasty But there has been the occasion when I got away with it. Use Warm salt water as a mouth rinse if you can hold out.
Reply:Smoking causes the heart to beat faster resulting in the blood being pumped round the body quicker. If you are bleeding after the extraction you will lose more blood if you smoke.


I don't think I'd last 6 days without a ciggie.


Good luck.
Reply:It's all the chemicals in fags. When a friend had her tongue pierced years ago they told her to rinse her mouth out with listerine after each smoke. However, you could use this as an opportunity to give it up..
Reply:you get whats called a DRY SOCKET from the suction made from takeing a drag off your smoke and probably infection, use mouth wash after smoking, no one quits for a tooth extraction
Reply:I was told a couple of weeks ago when I had my wisdom tooth out not to smoke for the rest of the day as it may stop the blood from clotting but I had a cig as soon as I could and had no problems what so ever.
Reply:Assuming that you are so addicted that you simply don't have the willpower to not smoke, think of it like this - if you cut yourself, would you allow cigarette smoke to bathe the open wound for the length of time it took for the cigarette to burn down?


I didn't think so.
Reply:smoking after anything is bad. Actually smoking it self is bad. I suggest u go to a doctor for help.
Reply:Jim answered this correctly. Dry Socket is BAD! It hurts "worse" than the tooth ache! I got it because I smoked after one. Then, I learned how to take a puff very easy. The suction you make when you take a puff pulls the blood clot out of your empty tooth socket. (dry socket) That's how you get it. Drinking straws do the same thing.
Reply:my husband got three teeth pulled out and the first thing when he leave the clinic he started to smoke, i ask him why he do that he said nothing will happen don't worry. now he moaning and complaining his teeth hurts.





I will advise u not to smoke oncer u got yr teeth pulled.
Reply:smoking doesnt cause an infection directly but while smoking u suck which may dislodge the clot increasing the chances of a dry socket. thats the same reason why u are instructed not to spit or drink with the straw as the presence of the clot is very importanr to prevent dry socket.


u dont require to quit smoking for 3 days but it it the first 24hrs after tooth removal that are crucial and u are instructed not to smoke. after this time u can smoke in limits and just take care to keep the extraction site very clean to prevent infection.
Reply:You won't get an infection, but the sucking action of a cig or a straw can cause a dry socket, which is terribly painful. Try sucking the smoke through your nose if you are desperate.

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