How long after oral surgery can I smoke again?

[blckthree]

Originally Posted by larryinlc

I hate to dig up this old thread, but man, I'm suffering here. Eight days removed from a lower wisdom tooth extraction that didn't go so well. It busted off, so the roots had to be dug out. An hour and a half later, I went home.

So, here I am today, with a large hole in my mouth that seems to store more food than I eat. I finally got a syringe today to hose it out. I was thinking that that tuna I had last week sure was lasting a long time.

No cigars for 8 days running now and I'm chomping at the bit. Just thought I'd share my pain, and I do mean pain! Man, this thing still aches.

Larry

I can sympathize, hope you heal faster than I did. I went 8 weeks without smoking but I lost two teeth at the same time. I looked like a squirrel storing nuts for the winter in his cheeks!

Hang in there,
Mike

[ajb007]

I am new here and I had all 4 wisdom teeth removed on October 10th.

I am normally a weekend smoker and for each of the last couple weekends I have been very tempted to light up, but decided against it thanks to all the words of caution on the net about dry socket. But also, I read the posting here and the one that has me scared most is the one reply indicating that new cells are prime for cancer cell formation. I didn't like the sound of that. For the most part I am still tending to my mouth by using the syringe providing to hose out food from my lower sockets. My lower right socket is highly sensitive to anything cold whereas my others are not. I find this to be odd, but read elsewhere that this can happen post op.

Anyways, I have a Gurkha Titan tempting me...just the way it looks me in the eyes and says "Go ahead, reach for your Colibri, and make it burn baby...you know you want to."

Any advice?

[Trajan]

Originally Posted by BigVito

is he in the Navy?

This is important.

[negativethreee]

Three days ago I had 8 teeth "extracted". The oral surgeon wouldnt put me under either because of my previous drug use which also caused him to assume my veins were all broken and impossible to get an iv into. So on came the laughing gas, which really was no help at all, i owe everything to the Novocaine. The oral surgeon told me not to smoke for 5 days, the lady that called me from his office the next day said 3-4 days, and most online forums said 1-2 weeks. I'm really hoping it's 3-4 days, but then again i guess it really just has to do with how fast you heal and how many teeth you get out.

[GTCharged]

This sucks, my dentist sent me a letter saying the way my wisdom teeth were growing in, he would most likely have to do surgery...

[MrMayorga]

After a tooth extraction, I usually wait until the bleeding stops (usually 4 or 5 days) and then protect they empty socket with a saliva soaked gauze pad which is removed and replaced after I'm done. Never had any problems doing it this way.