How can I decrease bleeding after a tooth extraction?
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American Dental Association answered:After a tooth extraction, your dentist may place a gauze pack on the extraction site to limit bleeding and confine the blood while clotting takes place. This gauze pack should be left in place for 30 to 45 minutes after you leave the dentist's office. Do not chew on the pack. There may be some bleeding or oozing after the pack is removed. If so, follow this procedure:
1. Fold a piece of clean gauze into a pad thick enough to bite on. Dampen the pad with clean, warm water and place it directly on the extraction site.
2. Apply moderate pressure by closing the teeth firmly over the pad. Maintain this pressure for about 30 minutes. If the pad becomes soaked with blood, replace it with a clean one as necessary.
3. Do not suck on the extraction site or disturb it with your tongue.
4. A slight amount of blood may leak from the extraction site until a clot forms. However, if heavy bleeding continues, call your dentist. (Remember, though, that a little bit of blood mixed with a lot of saliva can look like a lot of bleeding.)After a tooth extraction, your dentist may place a gauze pack on the extraction site to limit bleeding and confine the blood while clotting takes place. This gauze pack should be left in place for 30 to 45 minutes after you leave the... More -
Dr. Jerry Gordon answered:Keep direct pressure on the area by biting firmly on dental gauze and change the gauze every 20 minutes or so until the bleeding stops. This is usually sufficient to stop bleeding in an hour or two. Persistent bleeding can also be stopped by biting on a tea bag (black tea, not herbal). If bleeding does not slow or stop in a few hours or seems to be getting worse, call your dentist.Keep direct pressure on the area by biting firmly on dental gauze and change the gauze every 20 minutes or so until the bleeding stops. This is usually sufficient to stop bleeding in an hour or two. Persistent bleeding can also be stopped by... More -
Burke Lennihan RN CCH answered:Use Phosphorus preventively and as needed afterwards.
Directions:
2 pellets beforehand preventively: dissolve in your mouth.
Then afterwards, if it won't stop bleeding, dissolve a Phosphorus pellet in ½ cup water and keep sipping on it.
Get it in the 30c potency (strength) from any health food store, or online, for example www.homeopathic.com.
More information about Phosphorus and its many uses for controlling bleeding in my book, A Healer In Every Home.
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Use Phosphorus preventively and as needed afterwards. Directions: 2 pellets beforehand preventively: dissolve in your mouth. Then afterwards, if it won't stop bleeding, dissolve a Phosphorus pellet in ½ cup water and keep sipping on it. Get... More
