POST OPERATIVE INSTRUCTIONS

• Keep the sponge held firmly between your jaw and over the operative site for full half an hour.
• Do not use mouthwash for six hours after oral surgery; vigorous use of mouthwash may stimulate bleeding.
• In case of mild bleeding place lukewarm water in the mouth. In case of severe bleeding place a warn soaked tea bag over the bleeding and cover it with gauze biting firmly and call your dentist.
• In case of swelling and followed by discoloration, patient need not worry because it’s an absolutely normal event.
• Pain in case or afterwards of surgical produre is a normal phenomenon. Post operative pain can be controlled by taking medicine. If severe pain develops accompanied by bad taste then return to your dentist for this treatment.
• To control swelling which develops post operatively apply ice pack or towels wrung out of ice water. Day after operation apply heat to your face.
• Rigid cleanliness is necessary of the remaining teeth. Mouth wash in a glass of lukewarm water. This promotes healing.
• Avoid meat and food difficult to masticate for a few days. Eat plenty of fruits and drink eight to ten glasses of water, fruit juice and other fluids daily.

POST OPERATIVE VITAMIN THERAPY

1. After oral surgery there is diminished in take of vitamin therapy i.e. Vitamin C & B complex.

• Drugs especially analgesics decrease the level of vitamin C in the body.
• Ascorbic acid is essential for the maintenance of normal cellular material of connective tissues, bone, teeth and blood vessels. If vitamin C level falls, healing is retarded, capillary fragility is increased.