Temperature after tooth extraction

Tooth extraction is a rather unpleasant procedure even at the modern level of medicine, when it is possible to conduct it painlessly. The first time after tooth extraction, especially when it comes to the wisdom tooth, because of its location, in addition to raising the temperature, the patient may experience pain, swelling, bad breath. In most cases, these are short-term effects that do not require specific treatment.

What if I get fever after tooth extraction?

Tooth extraction is a surgical operation, during which often soft tissues are damaged.

To repair the damage after the operation, it takes some time, usually two three days, during which unpleasant sensations and a slight increase in temperature are quite natural. Most often after removal of the tooth throughout the day, the patient has a normal or slightly elevated (37 °) temperature, which may rise to 38 ° C by night. If the temperature rises bring discomfort, then in this case you can drink an antipyretic. The best option will be paracetamol or another agent that has not only antipyretic, but also analgesic effect.

Usually, after 2-3 days all the symptoms go away, but if the temperature continues to hold, this is already a sign of an inflammatory process that requires urgent treatment.

High temperature after tooth extraction

If the short-term and periodic, depending on the time of day, the fever after the removal of the tooth is normal, then the fever lasting several days - is already worried.

If the fever is accompanied by persistent pains in the area of ​​the removed tooth, swelling of the gums and other symptoms, this, most likely, means that an infection has entered the wound. In the oral cavity it is impossible to provide complete sterility and apply a bandage to the damaged site, therefore the risk of inflammation is high enough. Usually, a blood clot forms on the site of the removed tooth, which should protect the wound from ingesting food and microbes from the oral cavity. Sometimes such a clot is not formed or washed out if the patient, trying to ease the pain, rinses his mouth, which after removal can not be done, and as a result, the hole left after the operation becomes inflamed. Also, the cause may be left in the gums of a tooth fragment, trauma of bone tissue or nerve endings with a difficult removal.

If, in addition to fever, there are no other dental symptoms, this usually means that, due to weakened immunity, the patient has caught a cold or other viral disease and should not be treated by the dentist, but by the therapist.