The amount of pain that you will have to endure after you have undergone oral surgery and the risk of infection depends largely on the hygiene measures used by your doctor, but not only on that, the healing process and its efficiency being largely determined by the way you handle the process. Here are some of the things that you can do to avoid pain and infection following a Skokie dental implant oral surgical intervention:
- Take care of the clot that forms in the surgical wound – after the surgery, the hole left behind is filled by your body with a large blood clot that serves the very important role of protecting the wound and of facilitating the healing. One of the most common causes of infection after oral surgery is the loss of that clot by swallowing it or spitting it out, so your most important task is to stay away from any activity that could dislodge that clot, such as strenuous physical activity, strong brushing and swishing;
- Consuming the right foods and beverages – for a couple of days after surgery, you should stay away from foods and beverages that are too hot or too cold, from foods that are too hard to chew or to sticky and you should definitely avoid chewing your food on the side where the surgery was performed;
- Stay away from smoking – the dozens of chemicals that reach the oral cavity with each draw on your cigarette increase the risk of developing an infection and the negative pressure you generate in the mouth while drawing from your cigarette can dislodge the blood clot and expose the surgical wound to pathogens.
