Do not rinse out for the rest of the day to avoid disturbing the blood clot in the socket. The site will be numb for some hours – occasionally the anaesthetic can take 4-6 hours to wear off – this is normal. During this time, you can eat and drink but try and avoid...
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Help! My extraction socket has started bleeding again.
You will normally see some blood mixed in with your saliva after the extraction. Sometimes there will be small blood clots too which will be dark red in colour. This will possibly continue for the rest of the day and is nothing to be concerned about. If the socket...
I’ve just had a tooth out – what are the aftercare instructions?
Do not rinse out for the rest of the day to avoid disturbing the blood clot in the socket. The site will be numb for some hours – occasionally the anaesthetic can take 4-6 hours to wear off – this is normal. During this time, you can eat and drink but try and avoid...