After an extraction. Smoking

HarrisonLennon

Well I had my tooth pulled. First one. One in the upper back row.

I started out thinking a male would be better. Ended up with a surprise tiny girl in the day, she had it out in under 5mind flat. I stand humbly corrected.

Now my question to all you in the business. How long after can I smoke.

I'm about to break down walls here.

I had it pulled at 10.30am Tuesday.

btkm8unsl0w5r4

Good oppertunity of quit, if you can last 2 days.......

My professional advice is that it will be fine to continue smoking some time towards the end of 2017.

HarrisonLennon

Malcolm Limited Photography wrote: »

Good oppertunity of quit, if you can last 2 days.......

My professional advice is that it will be fine to continue smoking some time towards the end of 2017.

Stupid answer.

wazzer1

Smoke away if ya want i reckon. They say dont smoke that day i think.

Motopepe

Good advice Fitzgeme.....

HarrisonLennon

Motopepe wrote: »

Good advice Fitzgeme.....

It's not advice I wanted. It was an answer to a question.

Cry me a river with your anti smoking attitude.

HarrisonLennon

wazzer1 wrote: »

Smoke away if ya want i reckon. They say dont smoke that day i think.

Story Wazzer.

No, ii think it's the actually sucking motion that might disturb the blood clot. But if these clowns actually answered the question we might get the facts.

XsApollo

HarrisonLennon wrote: »

Well I had my tooth pulled. First one. One in the upper back row.

I started out thinking a male would be better. Ended up with a surprise tiny girl in the day, she had it out in under 5mind flat. I stand humbly corrected.

Now my question to all you in the business. How long after can I smoke.

I'm about to break down walls here.

I had it pulled at 10.30am Tuesday.

You can smoke now but take very light pulls, the reason they ask you don't smoke is because you can dislodge the blood clot by sucking too hard and you really don't want that to happen
The last thing on your mind if that happened would be having a fag hehe

Motopepe

I'm not anti-smoking. I bet I smoke more than you! I just complimented some good advice

HarrisonLennon

XsApollo wrote: »

You can smoke now but take very light pulls, the reason they ask you don't smoke is because you can dislodge the blood clot by sucking too hard and you really don't want that to happen
The last thing on your mind if that happened would be having a fag hehe

Thanks for the answer.
Yeah that's what I expected. But was just wondering the time frame on having to wait.

HarrisonLennon

Motopepe wrote: »

I'm not anti-smoking. I bet I smoke more than you! I just complimented some good advice

And I'll say it again. It's not advice I'm after. You must have your head under a pillow all day if you don't already know quitting is good advice.

Motopepe

HarrisonLennon wrote: »

And I'll say it again. It's not advice I'm after. You must have your head under a pillow all day if you don't already know quitting is good advice.

Have a smoke and chill out.

pwurple

HarrisonLennon wrote: »

Stupid answer.

So you came in here expecting a health professional to tell you when it's 'OK' to smoke, is it?

:rolleyes:

onemorechance

Very good answer fitzgeme; apt placement of your sig too!

""If a man is offered a fact which goes against his instincts, he will scrutinize it closely, and unless the evidence is overwhelming, he will refuse to believe it. If, on the other hand, he is offered something which affords a reason for acting in accordance to his instincts, he will accept it even on the slightest evidence." ~ Bertrand Russell"

HarrisonLennon

pwurple wrote: »

So you came in here expecting a health professional to tell you when it's 'OK' to smoke, is it?

:rolleyes:

Jay'sus you Internet comedians. You must reckon yourselves as great craic.

Let me explain it to you.
This is a dental forum. I was hoping a nurse, trainee or even a dentist might reply. After having a extraction, you have to form a blood clot in your socket. The motion of smoking may dislodge it. I was wondering how long I would have to wait before I can smoke again. Since when does getting a tooth out require judgement on how you live your life.

Your probably carrying a bit of flab. You don't see me rolling my eyes at you in tescos.

HarrisonLennon

onemorechance wrote: »

Very good answer fitzgeme; apt placement of your sig too!

""If a man is offered a fact which goes against his instincts, he will scrutinize it closely, and unless the evidence is overwhelming, he will refuse to believe it. If, on the other hand, he is offered something which affords a reason for acting in accordance to his instincts, he will accept it even on the slightest evidence." ~ Bertrand Russell"

Your all a bunch of ****ing goons hahaha. Dentist forum me arse. This is full of wanna be comedians and do gooders.

Motopepe

HarrisonLennon wrote: »

Jay'sus you Internet comedians. You must reckon yourselves as great craic.

Let me explain it to you.
This is a dental forum. I was hoping a nurse, trainee or even a dentist might reply. After having a extraction, you have to form a blood clot in your socket. The motion of smoking may dislodge it. I was wondering how long I would have to wait before I can smoke again. Since when does getting a tooth out require judgement on how you live your life.

Your probably carrying a bit of flab. You don't see me rolling my eyes at you in tescos.

Now I'll explain it to you.

You got the answer you sought. You also got extra banter in your thread.
You did not get any "judgement on how you live your life" from anyone.
You got insulting.

Oral Surgeon

HarrisonLennon wrote: »

Jay'sus you Internet comedians. You must reckon yourselves as great craic.

Let me explain it to you.
This is a dental forum. I was hoping a nurse, trainee or even a dentist might reply. After having a extraction, you have to form a blood clot in your socket. The motion of smoking may dislodge it. I was wondering how long I would have to wait before I can smoke again. Since when does getting a tooth out require judgement on how you live your life.

Your probably carrying a bit of flab. You don't see me rolling my eyes at you in tescos.

You know the answer already but you want some health professional to tell you that it's ok so that any consequenses can be blamed on them and not the person smoking.....

The suction action is a problem but more so is the local action of the smoke, nicotine and tons of other agents in the cigs. They reduce vascularity in the area significantly. This could lead to a dry socket or poor healing or infection. Dry socket tends to develop 3-5 days after an extraction so you are at risk for this period if you smoke. Infection can be early or late onset, generally infection after a week or so is rare...

You have a higher risk of infections and dry socket as you are a smoker, you can reduce (not eliminate) these risks by not smoking for the next 3-5 days.

You can cover yourself in patches and use gum if necessary.

btkm8unsl0w5r4

I am a dentist, smoking is really bad for your gums and healing. Simply dont smoke. If you must there is no good time to start again. Oral Surgeon explained the problem better than me.

Most replies on a dental issues thread in a short period of time ever.

Big_G

HarrisonLennon wrote: »

Your all a bunch of ****ing goons hahaha. Dentist forum me arse. This is full of wanna be comedians and do gooders.

Please refrain from being insulting. Infraction given.

I actually think that you have provided the best comedy in this thread so far.