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Why does it hurt to pull out wisdom teeth?

First, wisdom teeth generally swell after extraction, especially around the third day after extraction, and then the swelling will gradually decrease;

Second, wisdom teeth are generally not rinsed within 24 hours after being pulled out, and you can't brush your teeth. If you are eager to rinse your mouth and brush your teeth, you may rinse off the blood clot and brush it off, resulting in rebleeding, or cavity, causing unbearable pain "dry socket" and prolonging the recovery time. Also be careful not to lick the wound with your tongue or suck it hard to prevent infection caused by wound injury, or make the blood clot on the wound fall off, which will affect the coagulation process and cause continuous bleeding;

Third, you can eat two hours after the wisdom teeth are pulled out, but you should pay attention to eating some liquid food. You shouldn't drink hot water or eat food that is too hot or too hard. Hot food can cause vasodilation and easy bleeding; Eating well is a mechanical stimulus to the wound, which can cause bleeding and aggravate the injury and should be avoided;

Fourth, don't smoke for a few days after wisdom teeth are pulled out, because cigarette smoke will also have a harmful stimulating effect on tooth extraction wounds, affecting the coagulation process, and you can't drink alcohol or eat spicy and other irritating foods to avoid aggravating pain or bleeding. Never put unsterilized paper, cotton, tooth powder, etc. Enter the tooth extraction wound;

5. Don't take part in strenuous exercise, laugh loudly, lick your tongue, and there is no problem in basic daily activities;

Six, wisdom teeth should be in accordance with the doctor's advice after extraction, need to follow up or take out stitches on time, if in doubt, contact a doctor in time.

Seven, according to the doctor's advice, after the wisdom tooth is pulled out, bite the sterilized cotton ball or gauze pressed on the wound to achieve the purpose of compressing the wound and helping to stop bleeding. It takes half an hour to vomit. This is because the blood in the wound may form a blood clot within half an hour after the wisdom tooth is pulled out. If you spit out the cotton ball or gauze in advance, it is easy to bleed; Don't touch the wound with your fingers after the wisdom teeth are pulled out, because there are a lot of pathogenic microorganisms on your fingers, which can easily cause infection of the tooth extraction wound and destroy the formed blood clot.