Tips For Healing Post Extraction

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Unfortunately just had to have a tooth out, one of the most unpleasant experiences of my life. But moving forward, does anyone have any tips on promoting healing or anything I might find useful?
 

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Keep up with the warm saltwater rinses. Very important when you can't brush in the area yet. Try to keep food out of the area too.
 

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Injecting glucose and hyaluronic acid stimulates stem cell growth and propagation for tissue formation.

Progesterone topically a few days later promotes the formation of specialised tissue cells for bone formation.

Don't rinse the wound unless you had a big abscess with pus coming out. You will wash out the stem cells.

Enough calcium, collagen, protein and sugar (fruit&honey) are some basics.
 

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Injecting glucose and hyaluronic acid stimulates stem cell growth and propagation for tissue formation.

Progesterone topically a few days later promotes the formation of specialised tissue cells for bone formation.

Don't rinse the wound unless you had a big abscess with pus coming out. You will wash out the stem cells.

Enough calcium, collagen, protein and sugar (fruit&honey) are some basics.
Every dentist recommends the saltwater to prevent infection. You don't rinse out anything inside as there's a big blood clot plugging up the hole. Have you ever had an extraction?
 
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Still bleeding a little 9 hours later, it looks like a clot has formed though. Opinions on using a gauze to aid in forming a clot? I did have one in for 40 ish mins post extraction
 

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Every dentist recommends the saltwater to prevent infection. You don't rinse out anything inside as there's a big blood clot plugging up the hole. Have you ever had an extraction?

Sure I had extractions and no dentist ever recommended rinsing as no doctor ever recommended to take off the bandage and wash a wound !!! But lots of doctors apply a wound salve.
 

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Sure I had extractions and no dentist ever recommended rinsing as no doctor ever recommended to take off the bandage and wash a wound !!! But lots of doctors apply a wound salve.
I've had two extractions and both dentists recommended salt water rinses after 24 hrs when the wound is clearly plugged up by a blood clot. If I hadn't done any rinses the area would have looked really nasty. The mouth is full of bacteria.
 

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I've had two extractions and both dentists recommended salt water rinses after 24 hrs when the wound is clearly plugged up by a blood clot. If I hadn't done any rinses the area would have looked really nasty. The mouth is full of bacteria.

The bleeding cleans the wound and the clot seals it. As long as you don't remove the clot rinsing is probably ok.
 
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Sure vitamin k1 is good too. What is the purpose of the gauze? There should be a blood clot closing the hole.
The gauze supposedly helps to form a clot but after eating the bleeding seems to have almost entirely stopped & the area looks weird & yellow in parts now, hopefully it's starting to scab and isn't infected.
Thank you both for commenting, I'm a highly anxious person since becoming ill & I tend to constantly ask that everything's okay as the reassurance seems to make everything a little less overwhelming
 

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The gauze supposedly helps to form a clot but after eating the bleeding seems to have almost entirely stopped & the area looks weird & yellow in parts now, hopefully it's starting to scab and isn't infected.
Thank you both for commenting, I'm a highly anxious person since becoming ill & I tend to constantly ask that everything's okay as the reassurance seems to make everything a little less overwhelming

It alright, I still remember my first tooth extraction, it is quite impressive indeed.

You can try some progesterone topically tomorrow, it is very powerful for tissue regeneration.

A Progesterone-Pumping Device Helps Frogs Regenerate Lost Limbs
 

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Injecting glucose and hyaluronic acid stimulates stem cell growth and propagation for tissue formation.

Progesterone topically a few days later promotes the formation of specialised tissue cells for bone formation.

Don't rinse the wound unless you had a big abscess with pus coming out. You will wash out the stem cells.

Enough calcium, collagen, protein and sugar (fruit&honey) are some basics.

Don’t mean to hijack, but I have a wound on my chest that has been reopening for over 2 years now after I had minor surgery. Would the same rules apply? I wash it every day and put Medihoney on before covering it with gauze. It heals in a couple weeks but the skin is so weak that it just reopens.
 

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Don’t mean to hijack, but I have a wound on my chest that has been reopening for over 2 years now after I had minor surgery. Would the same rules apply? I wash it every day and put Medihoney on before covering it with gauze. It heals in a couple weeks but the skin is so weak that it just reopens.

Bone and teeth consist of a collagen matrix reinforced by calciumphospate. Skin is alot more collagen and much less minerals. Cholesterol and fatty acids play a big role too. Hyaluronic acid is a protective liquide produced by the body to protect wounds applied topically can soften the skin. Progesterone, pregnenolone and dhea are very beneficial for skin problems and very anabolic for tissue. Sunlight, exercise, brushing and mild contrast showers can stimulate blood circulation which is important as the skin as a peripheral organ has less circulation and under stress is the first tissue to be shredded by cortisol. Stearic acid (dairy & cocoa butter) and vitamine A can be important too. Adding some eggs, liver & collagen is good and keep the calcium up anyway.
 
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Don’t mean to hijack, but I have a wound on my chest that has been reopening for over 2 years now after I had minor surgery. Would the same rules apply? I wash it every day and put Medihoney on before covering it with gauze. It heals in a couple weeks but the skin is so weak that it just reopens.

Washing with soap once a week is enough, apart from your hands, face and crotch. A hot body shower and a brush are enough or you deplete your skin from protective cholesterol & longchain fatty acids.
 

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Washing with soap once a week is enough, apart from your hands, face and crotch. A hot body shower and a brush are enough or you deplete your skin from protective cholesterol & longchain fatty acids.

Thanks for all the info!
 

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