How soon after getting wisdom teeth removed can you smoke?

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It causes dry sockets You can smoke immediately, but I would definitely NOT recommend it. My husband had dry sockets after a tooth extraction from smoking. If you do smoke, you need to pack the tooth and don't let the smoke get into the socket.

Then you need to rinse your mouth immediately as the dentist told you and repack it with fresh gauze or whatever they told you to do. You should call your dentist for their opinion. They just told my husband to be sure to not let the smoke get in there and like I said above, to rinse and change the packing immediately after smoking.

Now would be a great time to get some patches, huh! Sources: Opinion/Experience .

The longer you can wait, the more effective and faster the healing process. The longer you can wait, the more effective and faster the healing process. If you can wait another 3 or 4 days, you'll reduce your chances of problems still further, until you can visually see with a mirror that your gums have initially healed in that area.

I was a smoker when my first impacted wisdom tooth was removed. It was a lower one, and a very difficult extraction. I began smoking again within about a week, and experienced dry socket, but I don't know that smoking caused the dry socket, so much as it probably exacerbated the condition.At any rate, it was awful.

Anything that you can do that allows healing to proceed, is greatly in your interest. Get nicotine patches if you need them. Posted by paulsc at 2:17 AM on October 8, 2006I smoke too.

I know that it if hard to go w/o a cigarette for five days. I smoked after getting wisdom teeth pulled and I got dry sockets. Believe me, it was not worth it.

It was really, really bad. If you feel like you are going to f-ing die if you can't have a cigarette, may I suggest going on the patch until you are allowed to smoke again? I would stay away from the oral NRTs such as nicotine gum or lozenges, though.

Posted by SteveTheRed at 2:18 AM on October 8, 2006I drastically reduce cigarette smoking after any extraction, but I don't quit entirely. I usually go home, take the pain pills and smoke some stuff, then go to sleep. I allow myself a cigarette after the sleep, then repeat (rinsing my mouth out with warm salt water, as directed).

If you want to play it real safe, just quit smoking. It's stupid to suffer 5 days w/o a smoke, then start again! Posted by Goofyy at 4:50 AM on October 8, 2006 Sources: http://ask.metafilter.com/48127/post-wisdom-teeth-extraction-can-i-start-smoking-again-now .

It is best to wait at least 48 hours If you smoke sooner then 48 hours, you could end up with dry socket. And dry socket is when you will have pain due to the loss of the blood clot which exposes the bone to air, food, and fluids. It can also cause a pretty bad odor.

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2 You can smoke any time,but you should wait until it heals completly. Remember that you have an open wound in your mouth. It will be bad enough that certain bacteria will get in there from normal eating and drinking before it completly heals.

Thats why you get anti-biotics (or whatever its called)to prevent infections. Cigarrette smoke will only make the healing process harder. Like fighting your own body.

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2 You can smoke any time,but you should wait until it heals completly. Remember that you have an open wound in your mouth. It will be bad enough that certain bacteria will get in there from normal eating and drinking before it completly heals.

Thats why you get anti-biotics (or whatever its called)to prevent infections. Cigarrette smoke will only make the healing process harder. Like fighting your own body.

You can smoke any time,but you should wait until it heals completly. Remember that you have an open wound in your mouth. It will be bad enough that certain bacteria will get in there from normal eating and drinking before it completly heals.

Thats why you get anti-biotics (or whatever its called)to prevent infections. Cigarrette smoke will only make the healing process harder. Like fighting your own body.

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My wisdom teeth has been taken out already but the dentist says I have more growing inward to my jaw bone what can I do.

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