DENTAL WORK
Remember, even before leaving the dentist’s office, just as
soon as you are out of the chair, rinse with Dental Bleach. Then,
again, as soon as you get home from the dentist. Next, swish
your mouth gently with a cup of warm water. The heat brings in
arterial blood. Keep the cotton plug in place for you to bite
down on and reduce bleeding, even while swishing. Don’t suc-
tion the water forcefully around your mouth, you could dislodge
the blood clot that needs to form in the socket. Slowly move the
warm water about your mouth.
At the same time apply a hot towel to the outside of your
face where the dental work was done. Wring a wash cloth out of
the hottest water you can endure, trying it out on an unanesthe-
tized location first. Or fill a plastic baggie halfway with hot
water, zipping it shut securely. Do this for thirty minutes, four
times a day, for a few days. Then three times a day for a week—
even when there is no pain.
Don’t suck liquids through a straw for twenty-four hours;
the sucking force is too risky. Don’t allow your tongue to suck
the wound site, either; and don’t put fingers in your mouth.
As the anesthetic wears off there will be very little pain if
the bacteria in the tooth sites have been killed. But you could
introduce the bacteria yourself; by eating , or by putting fingers
into your mouth. Consider your mouth a surgery site. Anywhere
else on your body, the surgery site would have been scrubbed
first, then painted with iodine or other strong bacteria killers,
and later sprayed again with antiseptic and bandaged to keep
everything out—certainly food particles and fingers!
But the mouth cannot be bandaged and you must eat! To be
successful, eat a big meal just before your dental appointment.
Then eat nothing with particles in it that could lodge in your
wound sites for two days! In fact, on the day of surgery, drink
only water afterward. You may need a pain killer on the first
night; choose a non-aspirin variety to minimize bleeding.
Bleeding should have reduced considerably by bedtime. The
cotton plug put in your mouth by the dentist may be thrown
away. Rinse with Dental Bleach once more before bed.