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Post-treatment care

What should you watch after treatment?

General advice after common treatments. Your dentist's personal instructions always come first.

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  • Post-treatment care
  • Tell us your preferences before the appointment.
  • You may bring someone close to you.
  • You can ask for a break at any time.

Don't wait in these cases

If you have bleeding that won't stop, severe pain, fever, marked facial swelling or difficulty breathing or swallowing, contact our clinic right away; if you cannot reach us, go to the nearest healthcare facility.

General advice

  1. 01Do not eat or have hot drinks until the anaesthetic wears off.
  2. 02Take any prescribed medicines as your dentist advises.
  3. 03Avoid touching or poking the treated area.
  4. 04Keep cleaning your mouth, without forcing the treated area.
  5. 05Do not miss check-up appointments.

By treatment

Do

  • Bite on the gauze for the recommended time
  • Choose soft, lukewarm foods on the first day
  • Rest with your head raised

Avoid

  • Using a straw, spitting, vigorous rinsing
  • Smoking
  • Strenuous activity on the same day

Get in touch if

  • Bleeding does not stop
  • Swelling grows day by day
  • Severe pain continues
Tooth extraction

Do

  • Take the medicines your dentist recommends
  • Apply cold as recommended
  • Follow the recommended rinse and cleaning

Avoid

  • Poking the area with tongue or finger
  • Hard foods
  • Smoking

Get in touch if

  • Excessive swelling or fever
  • The implant feels loose
  • Bleeding does not stop
Dental implants

Do

  • Once the anaesthetic wears off, eat while protecting the sensitive tooth
  • Take the recommended painkillers
  • Don't delay the permanent restoration

Avoid

  • Hard foods while a temporary filling is in place
  • Excessive force on the tooth

Get in touch if

  • Pain increases
  • Swelling appears
  • The filling falls out
Root canal treatment

Do

  • Start eating once the anaesthetic wears off
  • Report any discomfort in your bite

Avoid

  • Biting while under anaesthetic
  • Straining it with very hard foods in the first hours

Get in touch if

  • The filling feels high when biting
  • Sensitivity persists
Fillings & restorative dentistry

Do

  • Use the sensitivity products your dentist recommends
  • Favour water-based drinks

Avoid

  • Staining foods such as tea, coffee and red wine
  • Smoking

Get in touch if

  • Sensitivity lasts more than a few days
Teeth whitening

Do

  • Clean after every meal
  • Use the recommended wax
  • Keep your check-ups

Avoid

  • Sticky and very hard foods
  • Biting nails or pens

Get in touch if

  • A bracket or wire is cutting you
  • An appliance breaks or is lost
Orthodontics

General information; ask your dentist for personal instructions.

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