Smoking and dental practices often conflict with each other. But today we are not talking about the dangers of nicotine, but about the first puff after dental manipulations. Can i smoke immediately after tooth extraction? How long does it take to smoke a cigarette without fear of harming yourself? What is the harm of smoking after tooth extraction? You will find the answer to these questions in the article.
TREATMENT MEASURES
After tooth extraction, an open bleeding wound remains in its place. If a wisdom tooth is removed, a large wound remains in its place. To stop the blood, the dentist closes the wound with a cotton swab soaked in a medical solution, which should be removed after 20 minutes. After removing the fleece, a small blood clot forms in the hole of the missing tooth, which must never be removed. This clot is a guarantee of bone tissue regeneration and promotes fast healing of a fresh wound.
Do not try to remove a blood clot from the well: it is necessary for rapid tissue regeneration.
The dentist will treat the hole with a healing compound, and after removing the wisdom teeth, it is supposed to take a course of antibiotics. But antibiotics are prescribed not in all cases, but if a molar with curved or overgrown roots was operated on.
When a large wound surface is formed, sutures may be applied. In this case, the first puff can be done only 2 or 7 days after this procedure. It all depends on the ability of tissues to recover. During the specified period, the seams will be healed, and the doctor will remove the surgical threads.
EFFECT OF NICOTINE
Everyone has heard about the effect of a drop of nicotine on a horse's life, but they still continue to smoke. How does addiction affect dental and oral health? It turns out that nicotine causes great harm to the mucous membrane, larynx, lungs. Nicotine irritates the mucous membranes, provokes various diseases of the oral cavity, promotes tooth decay.
Cigarette smoke contains a complex combination of different resins and chemicals that will inhibit tissue healing. The situation is complicated by the penetration of the listed substances into the blood through the salivary fluid. During a puff, many toxic substances enter the human body, including hydrogen cyanide and hydrocyanic acid.
Nicotine and cigarette smoke are toxic to the tissues of the mouth. Smoking is allowed only after complete recovery of the injured mucosa.
Nicotine can have a mild pain relieving effect, relieve stress by stimulating the production of happiness hormones. However, the harm to the body from it is much more than good. This should not be forgotten, justifying your habit with an analgesic effect.
The negative effects of smoking after tooth extraction:
- development of the inflammatory process in the tissues of the oral cavity;
- development of the inflammatory process in the hole - alveolitis;
- increase in blood pressure, removal of a blood clot.
The claim that nicotine has beneficial effects on stress relief is not supported by scientific experimentation. In fact, cigarette smoke creates the illusion of stress relief, actually exacerbating negative manifestations at the physiological level:
- tachycardia;
- angina pectoris;
- increased breathing;
- violation of the functioning of peristalsis;
- muscle tension.
Therefore, after removing the molar, you should refrain from smoking as long as possible, preferably for several days. Carcinogens contained in tobacco smoke deposit layer by layer on the wound surface, causing enormous harm to health.
ALVEOLITH
The first harm of inhaling a cigarette after surgery: nicotine dries out the well. In order for tissue regeneration to take place in a timely and successful manner, a moist environment is necessary. However, cigarette smoke contributes to the drying out of the mucous membranes, which negatively affects the wound surface of the hole.
A dry hole is a testing ground for the activity of pathogenic bacteria that quickly provoke inflammatory processes. In a severe case, the inflammatory processes will end with alveolitis - a serious disease. With this pathology, the walls of the hole, which formed after the removal of the molar, become inflamed.
Causes of alveolitis:
- violation of tissue integrity as a result of injury;
- infection in a fresh wound;
- violation of the dynamics of blood coagulation.
Symptoms resemble body intoxication with the waste products of pathogenic bacteria:
- muscle aches;
- headaches;
- nausea and weakness.
In addition to the general symptoms of intoxication, characteristic signs of gingival tissue pathology appear: edema of the mucous membrane, edema of the facial muscles from the inflammation focus. Osteomyelitis with the formation of a fistulous canal of a constant outflow of pus can become a complication of alveolitis.
BLOOD PRESSURE
A smoked cigarette temporarily raises blood pressure, which can cause the blood clot covering the socket to simply "pop out". This threatens the development of an inflammatory process due to infection in an open wound. The chemicals in cigarette smoke constrict the lumen of the blood vessels, thereby increasing blood pressure. The vasoconstriction prevents adequate nutrition of the mucosal tissues, which slows down the regeneration processes.
HOISTANA SMOKING, VIPING
It is believed that hookah is less dangerous for smokers due to the use of refined tobacco. Is it so? Purified tobacco smoke does cause less damage to health, but it has the same negative effect on the wound surface. It settles on the mucous membrane, interferes with normal blood circulation and provokes inflammatory processes.
With regard to the electronic analogue of cigarettes and hookah - wipe - the ban is also valid. Resins are not released during the wiping process, but other toxic substances are formed. They get on the mucous and wound surfaces, harm the smoker.
Wipe composition:
- diacetyl;
- glycerin;
- propylene glycol;
- flavors.
Diacetyl aroma is especially dangerous, which becomes toxic when the battery of a cigarette is heated. In moderate amounts, this substance is not hazardous to health, but if heated and consumed continuously, it can lead to serious pathologies in the lungs.
Inhalation of smoke causes the mucous membranes of the mouth to dry out, which opens the way for the growth and harmful action of pathogenic bacteria.
Propylene glycol provokes allergies, accumulates in the tissues of the mucous membrane. This substance irritates mucous membranes, causes inflammation and other pathologies. At high temperatures, glycerin and propylene glycol form formaldehyde and acrolein, which are harmful.
The use of one wipe by several smokers provokes the spread of infectious diseases, hepatitis, tuberculosis. The same can be said about a hookah if different people use the same pipe.
DENTAL RECOMMENDATIONS
If there are no special problems with non-smoking patients, then many dental and orthodontic manipulations are not available for smokers. Smokers should not carry out an operation to augment the jaw bone tissue, suture soft tissues, or implant implants. During tightening, the sutures may come apart and the implant may fall out. But still, with the observance of precautions and strict adherence to the recommendations of dentists, you can achieve results in smokers.
ADVICE OF DOCTORS
- A cotton swab with an antiseptic can be removed 20 minutes after tooth resection, if this is not done, bacteria will begin to multiply;
- a blood ball in a tooth socket cannot be spit out or removed in any other way - it protects the wound from an unfavorable external environment, activates tissue regeneration;
- rinse your mouth with antiseptics very carefully so as not to accidentally remove the protective ball from the well;
- it is better to replace the usual rinsing of the mouth with solutions with trays - keep the solution in the mouth, and then carefully spit it out;
- if a doctor has put a drug in the well, it must not be removed without permission;
- the first oral hygiene can be performed only the next day after the resection;
- if a doctor has prescribed a course of antibiotics, it should be followed through;
- in case of severe pain, it is recommended to take an anesthetic, you do not need to endure discomfort in the gums.
If the removal operation was successful, the first puff can be made after a few hours. Distract yourself from the thought of a cigarette for at least 2 hours.
If the bleeding has not stopped after 2 hours, you cannot think about a cigarette. A strong puff can increase bleeding, then you will have to seek additional medical help.
WHAT IS PROHIBITED
- Clean, rinse the mouth 24 hours after resection;
- take a steam bath, take a hot bath, sunbathe in a solarium - an increase in degrees will increase bleeding from the wound;
- to work out in a fitness club, gym, sports section - until the wound heals and the seams dissolve;
- when stitches are applied, you cannot not only tighten, but even smile and open your mouth wide - the stitches will quickly disperse;
- you can have a snack after stress only after 2-3 hours, it is also not recommended to drink liquids (or carefully through a straw);
- alcohol is strictly forbidden - it strongly thinns the blood, the wound will begin to bleed;
- on this day you must not drive, it is better to call a taxi.
For a while, you will have to give up the usual spicy, salty food, very hot / cold dishes. This means that you cannot eat ice cream, drink cold fruit drink or freshly brewed coffee. Pickled mushrooms and pickles are also banned for a while, it is advisable to give up smoked meats.
You also need to give up rough food: croutons, hard fruits, vegetables. You cannot gnaw carrots and radishes for several days in a row. Food products should be soft, not salted, not peppery. You will have to sit on a sparing diet for several days until the tissues heal completely.
WHAT YOU NEED TO DO
- Apply ice to the cheek if pain overcomes - but keep such a compress for no more than ten minutes;
- warm herbal baths - they will soothe damaged tissues, relieve swelling, eliminate pain;
- take painkillers, anti-inflammatory drugs, except for aspirin and analgin - they thin the blood.
If you are undergoing drug treatment, you must inform your dentist. He will adjust the medication intake. Some medications affect the viscosity of the blood and cause bleeding, so their use should be abandoned for a while.
TOTAL
Cigarette smoke provokes the development of various pathological conditions that prevent the rapid healing of damaged tissues. Therefore, it is impossible to drag on after removing the molar for several hours, and when suturing the gums - for several days. The smoke contains many toxic substances that get on the damaged shell and cause harm.
Also, tobacco smoke dries out the mucous membrane, which poses a danger to the blood ball inside the well - it is responsible for restoring the integrity of tissues, prevents the penetration of microbes.