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Why can I not smoke....

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oknewb

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I just had my two bottom wisdom teeth pulled this morning, and the dentist told me not to smoke for 48 hours. Why? Is the smoke bad for the holes in my gums, or is it about the suction?(He also said not to drink through a straw) If it is about the suction, I think I can manage to smoke without harming myself. But if it is about the actual smoke, I might wait.

Do we have any dentists on the board?
 
The suction will pull the blood clots out of your gums, exposing your raw jawbone to air, painful to say the least. I didn't follow those instructions and paid for it. Nothing worse than having to take a syringe and powerblast all the chewed up food out of your dry sockets.... OUCH..
 
Shooter said:
The suction will pull the blood clots out of your gums, exposing your raw jawbone to air, painful to say the least. I didn't follow those instructions and paid for it. Nothing worse than having to take a syringe and powerblast all the chewed up food out of your dry sockets.... OUCH..
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I agree with shooter, dont do it! I also bucked the rules and paid for it with dry socket which hurt like a mutha fugga.
 
You should probably do what the doctor said I hear dry socket can be very painful thats when the gums don't close the hole leaving the bone exposed.

I must admit I didn't follow the instructions smoked right away and did not have any problem, I guess it was just luck.
 
I would definently say to wait it out. If you think about it the suction to suck a straw is about the same as a draw on a cigar. 48 hours isn't long and you really don't want to get a dry socket.
 
Dry sockets are nothing. :whistling:

Don't listen to the big babies. Do it... Do it... :sign:

Had all 4 wisdom teeth cut out and ended up with 3 dry sockets. Never want to feel that kind of misery again.
 
Nicotine inhibits healing. If you smoke, not only will you increase your risk of dry sockets, the incisions will take longer to heal. Don't smoke.

Doc.
 
Devil Doc said:
Nicotine inhibits healing. If you smoke, not only will you increase your risk of dry sockets, the incisions will take longer to heal. Don't smoke.

Doc.
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Yup, my wife is a nurse and she told me the same thing. The nicotine restricts the blood vessles, which inhibits healing. It is only a couple of days.
 
Oh, I forgot. If you want an idea of what a dry socket feels like, imagine passing a sea urchin through your dick. It would hurt slightly less.

Doc.
 
As the others have said. This is advice you want to follow. Those who've had the wisdom teeth cut out before know this.
 
As much as I have always wanted to run a sea urchin through my dick, I think I will take the boards advice. :0 Hell, after two days without a cigarette, I might as well quit.

Thanks fellas,
Mike
 
I don't think anyone else mentioned this yet, but you should probably lay off of smoking for a few days after getting the wisdom teeth out.
I didn't do so, got dry sockets, and was in absolute agony. I was a 2.5 pack a day Marlboro smoker at the time, so kept smoking with dry sockets.
 
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