At Dentistry Calm, Dr. James Stewart and Dr. Nimrat Dhillon provide many methods of achieving painless or less painful tooth extractions for Taylor, MI residents. You won’t feel the process of the actual tooth extraction because your dentist provides you with a local anesthetic or sedation, or general anesthetic.
Anesthetic Methods
While getting a local, as it’s called, only numbs the tooth and its root via a shot. Conversely, sedation anesthesia or general anesthesia requires either application using a gas mask or an intravenous (IV) method.
Of course, this sedation only sees you through the actual appointment. You must use a different method to ensure you do not experience pain from the tooth extraction at home.
After You Leave the Office
Typically, Dr. Stewart recommends an over-the-counter (OTC) pain reliever following tooth extractions at his Taylor, MI practice. Tylenol (acetaminophen) and Advil (ibuprofen) prove to be the most common of these.
At home, your dentist will suggest self-care, so you can further reduce pain. You might:
- Get bed rest,
- Place an ice pack against your cheek,
- Place a pillow beneath your head when lying down,
- Eat soft, room-temperature foods that are neither hot nor cold,
- Beginning one day after surgery, rinse your mouth with saltwater,
- Use warm compresses.
Since you’ll go home with gauze in your mouth to control bleeding and pack the wound, you will need to change that gauze out regularly. If the bleeding persists or the ice pack and pain relievers do not work, you should call your dentist.
As long as you adhere to proper self-care, you should not feel inordinate pain after tooth extraction. You shouldn’t feel anything during it at all. The anesthetic takes care of that.
After the extraction, your mouth will feel a bit tender in the area of the extraction. This feeling should go away after a few days. If it does not, phone the dentist.
Make an Appointment
Call (734) 946-7700 today to set an appointment with Dr. Stewart or Dr. Dhillon. You can find nearly painless tooth extractions in Taylor, MI, by phoning Dentistry Calm.
