You can smoke 12-24 hours after extraction but then again, you have to take into consideration many factors, for instance: was it a difficult extraction? was it in the maxillary (upper) jaw or in the mandibular (lower)? Do you take contraceptive pills? If you're a smoker, had a difficult extraction (tooth got broken or was difficult in getting it out), take contraceptive pills and had an extraction in the lower jaw, then you'd better refrain from smoking for a while. Dry sockets are more common when lower pre/molars are extracted since there are less blood vessels. This means that less blood is travelling to clot the socket and therefore the bone and surrounding tissues get infected.
Saline helps alot to disinfect and keep the socket clean during the following days.
Smokers have a raised chance of dry socket. Dry socket is an extremely painful condition, one to avoid. In simple terms, smoking makes the socket less able to heal, and vulnerable to infection. Avoid smoking completely after the procedure if possible (consider buying a nicotine patch), and your chances of dry socket will be reduced. So in summary, the chances are lowest for non smokers, and highest for a heavy smoker who smokes after the surgery! I hope this is helpful. Dr N. Manning.
From what I have been told by dentists and oral surgeons, yes it is a possibility...but...in my personal experience, I have never gotten dry socket and I have always smoked within a few hours after an extraction.
quite likely
sucking the cigarette (like a straw) is what causes the dry socket. just like a straw can cause dry socket, cigarettes basically do the same thing. it is recommended to wait 3-5 days to smoke a cigarette after getting your wisdom teeth pulled.
The chances are great.
The same chances as if he hadn't...it's called pre-ejaculation.
Other cigarette smoke being a proven carcinogen, it also inhibits the cellular healing potential possibily causing prolonged pain, infection and dry sockets.
Yes, the no smoking after a tooth is pulled is a precaution to prevent the now empty socket from bleeding from the sucking action of smoking.
The sucking can break the blood clot and give you a "dry socket," which is apparently very painful. (Though I always ended up smoking anyway, and didn't get one . . . )
Getting a tooth pulled is like getting a shot.
Your an idiot for smoking weed at all. And u have to wait 70000yrs
Smoking after an extraction can lead to dry socket. Dry socket is a very painful condition to have. It's best to wait 48-72 hours after having a tooth pulled to resume smoking, spitting, or drinking via a straw.
getting your tooth pulled is like being injected with a needle.
That is a good question. I've come across many things that pull and get longer, but there are very few things in life that don't get shorter when pulled. As far as I've been aware of myself, a cigarette would get shorter when pulled. If you whistle and blow inwards, you are sucking air. Sucking is a type of pull. You would pull by sucking/blow a cigarette, thus a cigarette would be an item that gets shorter when pulled.
A week or so, when teeth are pulled there is a need for the space to heal up some, smoking prevents it from healing well faster. So I'd suggest waiting awhile or you might have to deal with pain longer