Blood clot after tooth extraction, stage of healing of the hole

Blood clot: mechanism of appearance, appearance

When and how does a blood clot appear in the socket of a tooth that has been removed? The mechanism of its formation is as follows:

literally 2-3 seconds after extracting the root, bleeding of light or medium intensity begins,
the empty hole formed in place of the tooth is immediately filled to the brim with blood, which normally stops over the next 30 minutes,
the blood coagulates, thus forming a dense clot or thrombus slightly larger in size than the hole formed in the gum.

What does a clot look like after tooth extraction? It protrudes slightly from the gums. Looks like a small ball or lump. The photo below shows that it has a dark red or even burgundy color.

On a note! In the first few days after the operation, it is quite acceptable for ichor to be released from the wound and the saliva to turn pinkish, as well as the presence of a metallic taste and odor in the mouth.

During the first day

What does the hole look like after tooth extraction? The hole that formed after tooth extraction may bleed for several long hours. This bleeding, if the procedure is carried out correctly, should stop gradually and decrease significantly. The wound takes quite a long time to heal, but you just have to endure it.

The patient’s main task is to follow all recommendations and prescriptions prescribed by the dentist who performed the tooth extraction:

After removing it, use a special sterile napkin prepared from ordinary clean gauze and bite it quite firmly. The end of bleeding directly depends on this.
Remove the bandage after half an hour. This procedure is done as slowly and carefully as possible.
When severe bleeding occurs, you can keep gauze on the site of the pulled out tooth for longer - an hour.
If the bleeding does not stop at all, you must promptly contact your dentist.

A blood clot forms after tooth extraction in any case, and this is correct. This way the wound will be protected, so a blood clot after tooth extraction is actively formed and fills the area of the hole.

How long does it take for a small blood clot to form? Such a clot begins to form immediately after removal, and the process itself lasts about a day. But still, you should not rinse your mouth and actively brush your teeth for another 24 hours, so as not to damage the blood clot.

How long does a blood clot last after tooth extraction? It all depends on the individual characteristics of the body and the complexity of the operation. Until the wound heals, it will remain in the resulting hole.

The main functions performed by such a “thrombus”

If a clot has formed at the site of the extracted tooth, then this is a good sign. It is this that protects a fresh wound from the aggressive environment of the oral cavity, where a large number of bacteria live. It also prevents saliva and food debris from entering injured tissues, protects them from the inflammatory process and related complications (alveolitis, abscess, gumboil, phlegmon, osteomyelitis).

The clot promotes the natural healing process of areas damaged during surgery. Moreover, some researchers claim that it even accelerates the process of tissue regeneration, and if it is not formed or falls out ahead of time, the rehabilitation period lasts longer.

Treatment of alveolitis -

As for the general symptoms, since alveolitis is not an acute inflammatory process, it usually does not cause fever or inflammation of the submandibular lymph nodes. However, when it lasts for a long time, patients often feel weakness, fatigue, and the temperature may rise (but not higher than 37.5 degrees).

Patient complaints include aching or throbbing pain in the area of the extracted tooth socket (of varying severity - from moderate to severe).
Sometimes alveolar pain can also spread to other areas of the head and neck. When alveolitis develops, pain usually occurs 2-4 days after removal, and can last from 10 to 40 days - in the absence of qualified treatment. Sometimes the pain is so severe that even very strong analgesics do not help. In addition, almost all patients report bad breath and an unpleasant taste in the mouth.

When visually examining the socket, you can see an empty socket in which there is no blood clot (in this case, the alveolar bone in the depths of the socket will be exposed).
Or the socket may be completely or partially filled with food debris or necrotic disintegration of a blood clot. By the way, if the alveolar bone is exposed, it is usually extremely painful when touched, as well as when in contact with cold or hot water. In some cases, the edges of the mucous membrane converge so closely to each other above the hole that it is completely impossible to see what is happening in its depths. But when washing such a hole from a syringe with an antiseptic, the liquid will be cloudy, with a lot of food residue.

If alveolitis develops in the socket after tooth extraction, treatment at the first stage should be carried out only by a dental surgeon. This is due to the fact that the hole may be filled with necrotic decay of a blood clot; there may be inactive fragments and fragments of bone or tooth. Therefore, the doctor’s main task at this stage is to scrape it all out of the hole. It is clear that no patient will be able to do this on their own.

Antiseptic rinses and antibiotics (without cleaning the socket) can only temporarily reduce the symptoms of inflammation, but do not lead to healing of the socket. But at a later stage, when the inflammation in the socket subsides, patients will be able to independently treat the socket with special epithelializing agents to speed up its healing.

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Thus, the main method of treatment will be curettage of the hole, but there is also a second method - by creating a secondary blood clot in the hole of the extracted tooth. Read more about these methods...

Under anesthesia, a festering blood clot, food debris, and necrotic plaque from the walls of the socket are removed. Without removing the necrotic plaque and the disintegration of the blood clot (containing a huge amount of infection), any treatment will be useless.
The hole is washed with antiseptics, dried, after which it is filled with an antiseptic (iodoform turunda). Usually, the turunda needs to be changed every 4-5 days, i.e. you will have to go to the doctor at least 3 times.
The doctor will prescribe you antibiotics, antiseptic baths, and painkillers, if necessary.

Doctor's prescriptions after curettage of the tooth socket -

NSAID-based analgesics (for pain),
0.05% Chlorhexidine solution for antiseptic rinses (2-3 times a day for 1 minute),
Antibiotics: usually either Amoxiclav 625 mg tablets (2 times a day for 5-7 days) or Unidox-solutab 100 mg (2 times a day for 5-7 days) are prescribed. These antibiotics are better, but not cheap. Inexpensive ones are Lincomycin capsules 0.25 (2 capsules 3 times a day), but keep in mind that after this antibiotic, problems with the stomach and intestines develop more often.

Method for creating a secondary blood clot -

However, there are 2 situations in which a different treatment method can be used.
This method involves the creation of a secondary blood clot in the socket and, accordingly, if successful, the socket will heal much faster than after constantly placing iodoform turundas into it for 2-3 weeks. It is preferable to use this method only in the following two situations... Firstly, when you consulted a doctor immediately after, for example, you rinsed a clot out of the hole or it fell out on its own (i.e. when the hole is not yet filled with infection and food debris , and there is no necrotic clot disintegration or suppuration). Secondly, when the patient has a sluggish alveolitis for a long period of time, and the socket is filled with inflammatory granulations.

How this technique is carried out - if the hole is empty, then under anesthesia the bone walls of the hole are scraped out with a curettage spoon to create bleeding and the hole fills with blood (video 3). If the hole is filled with granulations, then they are carefully scraped out, i.e. do the same curettage (video 4). Then, in both cases, after the hole is filled with blood, an anti-inflammatory medicine (Alvogel) is placed deep into the hole, and several sutures are placed on the mucous membrane to bring the edges of the wound closer together. Antibiotics are immediately prescribed.

Curettage to create a secondary blood clot: video 3-4

Summary: i.e. In both the first and second methods, curettage of the hole is carried out in the same way, but in the first case, the hole heals slowly under iodoform turundas, and in the second case, a blood clot forms in the hole for the second time, and the hole heals, as it should do under normal conditions .

Causes of untimely appearance of a blood clot

When a blood clot forms within half an hour after tooth extraction, this is normal. But it happens that a blood clot forms only several hours or even days after the operation, or the socket generally remains dry and unprotected. Why is this happening:

long-term unstoppable bleeding: occurs against the background of some chronic diseases associated with impaired blood hemostasis and metabolic processes in the body, for example, diabetes mellitus. The problem is also caused by the patient taking drugs containing acetylsalicylic acid (for example, Aspirin) the day before or for a long time. In women, the pathology may be associated with surgery during menstruation. Read about all the causes of the problem and methods for solving it in the feature article on the website,
vasoconstriction caused by the use of anesthesia: in this case, bleeding can begin only 1-3 hours after the operation,
medical errors: a clot may not form because the specialist performed the operation too traumatically, cleaned the hole poorly and left tooth fragments inside. In general, experienced doctors, seeing that there are no prerequisites for the formation of a blood clot, resort to additional measures, for example, provoking bleeding or simply stitching the edges of the wound so that infection does not get inside.

A few more recommendations

In case of purulent inflammation, the dressings should be changed every day until the patient's condition improves.

In the serous form, dressing is done for the first time one day after surgery. In the future, once every three days until the pain disappears.

During the procedure, the wound must be treated with an antiseptic solution.

In order for damaged tissue to heal faster, physiotherapy, analgesics and a vitamin-mineral complex are prescribed.

For purulent inflammation, antibiotics are prescribed.

When getting rid of the disease is not started on time, drug treatment will no longer save the situation. Everything leads to the fact that alvelitis can turn into limited osteomyelitis. In this case, only surgery will help.

If all the doctor’s prescriptions are followed correctly, the patient’s condition will improve within a few days. Excellent results can be obtained using ultra-short wave or ultra-high frequency therapy.

How long does a clot last?

In the first 1-2 days after surgery, the clot in the tooth socket completes its final formation. At first it has a red tint, but after this time it brightens: first it acquires a pinkish and then whitish color.

On a note! On days 3-7 after tooth extraction, you may notice a white clot in your mouth. Many people have the feeling that a plaque has formed on top of it, which has an infectious and inflammatory nature. However, in reality this is not the case; the white film is a sign of the formation of fibrin protein in the saliva and sedimentation on the wound, which performs an additional protective function.

A blood clot on an extracted tooth, or more precisely, in the hole left after it, can persist on average for the next 7-10 days. The timing directly depends on the individual characteristics of the patient and his state of health, level of oral hygiene, absence or presence of complications. But in any case, every day after the operation the edges of the hole come closer together, and the clot itself dries out, that is, it becomes smaller and smaller, and new granulation tissue gradually forms in its place.

Usually, a month after the operation, no trace of the blood clot remains, and new epithelium and bone tissue are formed in the wound area. The complete process of formation of bone structures takes about 4-6 months, after which the bone becomes denser and merges with the jaw.

First day after removal

Every person who has lost his tooth by having it removed in a hospital or dentistry is interested in the question of how long, how long does it take for the hole to heal after tooth extraction? In general, the answer to this question is that it happens differently for all people. In many ways, everything here depends on the characteristics of blood clotting, the regenerative functions of tissue that can grow together, the necessary activity of the growth of new cells with the death of old ones, and other features inherent in the body of each person and manifested in each case in their own way.

But there are also standards adopted at the level of Healthcare of the Russian Federation or the International level of the WHO (World Health Organization). In general, indicators in practice record that the hole begins to tighten slowly, over a period of several hours to several tens of hours. But if, in addition, the rehabilitation procedure for the operated gum area is carried out correctly, then a few hours are enough for the hole to begin to slowly heal. In order for a blood clot to form on time after tooth extraction, without negative consequences, and for the whole process to be successful, on the first day after the operation the patient must perform the following procedures, usually prescribed in such cases by a dental surgeon:

A soft gauze pad that is placed on the bleeding hole should be bitten firmly, thus pressing the wound.
You cannot hold a tampon from a bandage for a long time - just hold it for half an hour.
The tampon should be removed very slowly, gradually, and not jerkily, and very carefully.
If blood is still oozing, then you need to hold the tampon for another half hour. This is acceptable.
If the bleeding does not stop after an hour, you should immediately consult your doctor, the same surgeon who pulled the tooth.
If the bleeding has stopped, then you should periodically rinse your mouth with chlorhexidine or another disinfectant. You especially need to keep this solution on the wound for 5 minutes.
It is recommended not to eat or drink anything for about an hour or two.

Important! You cannot apply a cotton swab to an open wound, but only a gauze swab! The fact is that cotton fibers (villi) can get inside the wound and cause suppuration there, or even worse - tissue necrosis, when tissues die due to the presence of a foreign body inside their structure.

Consequences of a clot falling out of a wound

Doctors warn that if a blood clot falls out of the wound after tooth extraction, or it is damaged, then this is fraught with the following unpleasant consequences:

“dry socket” syndrome: lack of protection makes the wound accessible to bacteria, saliva, and food particles. In 49% of cases[1] (according to some researchers) it provokes the development of alveolitis,
alveolitis: an acute infectious and inflammatory process in the socket of the removed unit and the surrounding tissues. Alveolitis occurs not only in the absence of a blood clot, but also when its integrity is violated, but then you will most likely find a yellow, green or gray clot on the wound after tooth extraction. The pathology may be accompanied by the appearance of putrid odor from the mouth, suppuration, increased pain, inability to open the mouth normally, increased tissue swelling,
flux, cyst, phlegmon, osteomyelitis: all these pathologies arise as complications of alveolitis if the disease has been neglected or was treated incorrectly.

On a note! If the clot comes out after tooth extraction or falls out before thin granulation tissue has time to form under it, then in 3-5% of cases alveolitis develops after this. Moreover, if a blood clot is damaged or missing after the removal of a wisdom tooth, then purulent inflammation of the socket occurs much more often - in 30% of cases.

If the clot in the extracted tooth is lost or damaged for some reason, this will have a bad effect on the speed of the tissue healing process.

Acute complications after tooth extraction

One type of complication that can happen to a patient who has lost a tooth is alveolitis. It is this that can cause swelling of the cheeks, swelling and inflammation of the gums. And such processes are usually always accompanied by severe headache, high body temperature, nausea, weakness and severe general condition of the person. Of course, all this happens when the inflammation that has begun has not been eliminated by the doctor. Or the patient himself, after visiting a dental surgeon, neglected his recommendation and did not rinse his mouth for several days in a row.

For reference: Alveolitis is a local suppuration that forms in the socket after tooth extraction due to insufficient disinfection of the oral cavity or its treatment with antiseptic materials.

Other complications, when after tooth extraction a blood clot acquires non-standard characteristics, can be in the following manifestations:

Copious amounts of scarlet (clean) blood for 12 hours straight without stopping.
Acute pain that can signal that the trigeminal nerve has been affected.
Some dark brown and even black “threads” and “pieces” emerge from the wound.
Active numbness of the jaws for 4-5 days, which also indicates a violation of the nerve endings.
High body temperature – from 38 degrees.
Swelling when touched is extremely painful and prevents you from opening your mouth or eating normally.

In all of the above cases and with such symptoms, you need to either call the attending dentist at home, or go urgently to the surgeon who removed the tooth. A blood clot is a natural protection for an open wound from getting germs into it while it heals, as well as a natural “tampon” to stop blood flow. If one of the patients discovers that the hole has not healed for a long time after tooth extraction, and the blood keeps flowing and flowing, then you should immediately contact a doctor for help.

What not to do and how to preserve the protective clot

To prevent the protective clot from falling out, dislodging, or damaging the protective clot after tooth extraction, you must adhere to the rules recommended by doctors. Here is a list of what you should absolutely not do:

exclude sports and any physical activity,
avoid eating solid, hot and cold foods,
do not chew on the same side of the jaw where the intervention was performed,
do not touch the wound with your finger or tongue, do not try to remove, clean or pull out a blood clot,
try not to overheat, because this contributes to a rush of blood to the head, increased swelling and other unpleasant symptoms (pain, weakness): to do this, you need to temporarily avoid taking a hot bath, visiting the sauna and steam room, staying in the open sun,
no active rinsing of the mouth in the first 2-3 days after surgery: about what, how and when it is better to rinse after tooth extraction - in the feature article on the website,
introduce a ban on the consumption of alcoholic beverages and reduce to a minimum the number of cigarettes smoked per day, better yet, give up bad habits altogether in the next 7-10 days,
Do not under any circumstances try to get rid of physiological swelling of tissues and painful sensations using heat compresses and warming up the cheek.

Treatment methods for dry tooth socket

If you discover symptoms of a dry socket, immediately contact your dentist: in this case, you should not self-medicate, although on the Internet you can find a lot of advice on how to treat a dry socket at home. Can a dry socket heal on its own? Without therapeutic and preventive measures, the healing process is not always successful and takes longer. What kind of dry socket treatment will be carried out after tooth extraction depends on the degree of development of the inflammatory process.

Treatment of a dry socket after the removal of a wisdom tooth is carried out in the same way as in the case of other teeth, however, access to the area of inflammation can be complicated due to the distance of the “eight” location.

What will help you recover faster?

Professional recommendations to help the gum hole heal faster and more evenly include the following procedures:

All medications prescribed by the dental surgeon should be used according to medical instructions.
Brushing your teeth should be done with a soft toothbrush in the area of tissue damage. You need to buy a brush with silk bristles.
Hot food is excluded from consumption for a period of several days.
You should not eat dairy products for three days. They cause a large number of bacteria in the mouth.
You should do without physical activity for 30 days, so as not to increase the intensity of blood flow.
You cannot warm up the jaw until the hole is completely healed.
Smoking and consuming intoxicating or alcoholic substances is prohibited - this sharply weakens the immune system.

For reference: Hot food causes bleeding, so you should eat warm food. To understand how long a blood clot lasts after tooth extraction, you should also remember about hard food; it can scratch the gums and displace the life-saving lump of dried blood to the side, partially opening the wound. You will have to try to eat soft and warm foods for about a month.

Briefly about the procedure

Tooth extraction is a serious, full-fledged operation that takes place in several stages:

treatment of the area to be operated on,
administration of an anesthetic drug.

Modern anesthetics are contained in carpules - these are special ampoules that contain a vasoconstrictor along with an anesthetic drug. This combination of drugs helps reduce the amount of blood that is released from the wound after surgery.

After the anesthetic begins to act, the surgeon proceeds to extract the tooth from the socket. To do this, it is necessary to loosen the ligament that secures the tooth. Sometimes a scalpel is used for this.

The final stage is wound treatment. Sutures are applied to lacerated wounds. If the wound does not need to be sutured, the doctor places a tampon soaked in a hemostatic drug over it. It must be clamped with your teeth for 20 minutes.

What happens after surgery?

3-4 hours after the operation, the anesthetic continues to act, the patient either does not feel pain at all or feels it weakly. Blood is released from the wound for several hours, and then exudate with blood. After the removal of figure eights, exudate may be released throughout the day, since the operated area during the removal of wisdom teeth is larger than the rest.

What does the hole look like after tooth extraction? On days 2-3, the wound does not look very attractive, as white or grayish spots form on top of the blood clot. This is not pus, as many people think, but fibrin, which helps the wound heal. If the healing process of the wound proceeds without complications, the pain is aching or pulling and gradually subsides. If you are bothered by shooting, throbbing pain, this is an alarming symptom for which it is better to see a doctor.

Do not worry if you experience an unpleasant odor from the wound in the first few days after surgery; this is normal. Blood accumulates in the hole; you cannot rinse the wound, so bacteria accumulate in it. This is what causes the smell. There is no need to worry about this if your general condition is normal, your body temperature is not elevated and there are no other alarming symptoms.

You can talk about uncomplicated healing of the hole if:

exudate does not come out of the hole if you press on it,
the pain is aching in nature and gradually disappears,
general condition and body temperature are normal,
swelling of the cheek does not increase,
after 2-3 days, bleeding from the wound stops.

What should a hole normally look like after removal?

This is what the hole should look like after removal

There are several characteristic features of what the hole should look like after tooth extraction:

As soon as the dentist removes the root from the gum, there should be some bleeding from the socket. In most cases, this occurs immediately after tooth extraction and lasts several minutes. An exception is the use of painkillers with anesthetics, they contribute to vasoconstriction. Accordingly, the hole will remain dry after surgery. Bleeding will occur after the medication wears off. This can happen several hours after the tooth is removed.
The first stage of healing of the hole is the formation of a pronounced clot with a rich red tint. Its size is approximately equal to the size of the wound (it should completely cover the hole in the gum).
If the healing process occurs normally, then within a few days the clot should change color and become yellowish-pink. Depending on the characteristics of the body, the person’s age and the presence of bad habits, this stage can last from one day to three weeks.
Next, the healing process of the hole must begin. That is, the blood clot will begin to tighten the gums. This process takes place gradually, starting from the edges, gradually moving to the center.
2-3 months after tooth extraction, the wound should recover completely. That is, there should not be a trace left of the hole. Bone tissue must also be fully formed.

While the socket is healing, some side effects may occur, such as the formation of pus, slight swelling and unpleasant pain.

socket healing process

All these ailments are normal; their manifestations can be reduced with the help of special pain-relieving dental gels and other medications.

However, there are several complications, if they occur, it is recommended to immediately consult a doctor.

After operation

After three hours, the painkillers are still strong, so patients do not feel pain or it is mild. All this time, pure blood or ichor may be released from the hole. If a figure eight was removed, this can last all day, since the surgical area of the wisdom tooth is larger than that of other teeth.

Bleeding from the socket

On the second day, the hole has an unattractive appearance: a blood clot with a grayish coating. It looks like pus, but you shouldn’t be afraid of it: it’s fibrin, a substance that facilitates wound restoration. If everything goes well, the pain will be aching and will subside by the end of the day. If the nature of the pain is different - sharp, pulsating, and there is scarlet blood from the wound, you should urgently see a dentist.

At first, the hole may smell foul. There is no need to be afraid of this: blood accumulates there, and since it cannot be rinsed out, bacteria settle in the wound. If you feel normal, there is no fever, there is no reason to worry.

The rehabilitation process is normal if:

when touching the wound, the ichor does not appear;
the aching pain gradually disappears;
feeling normal (temperature up to 38° is possible only in the first two hours);
swelling on the cheek decreases (if it was not there before extraction, it should not appear at all);
after 3 days the wound no longer bleeds.

2 weeks after removal

To reduce bleeding, you can make a tampon yourself. Positioning it so that the edges do not injure the blood clot, hold the napkin for half an hour. In the pharmacy chain you can buy a hemostatic sponge, which can be used in cases of heavy bleeding, for example, in liver failure.

Hemostatic sponge

The hole is closed with a hemostatic sponge.

You can take one or two tablets of Dicinone or Etamzilate (no more than 8 pieces per day).

Dicynone tablets

You cannot experiment with hydrogen peroxide: it reacts with blood components, destroying the blood clot and increasing blood flow.

What to do if a blood clot falls out on day 3, is washed out or does not form at all

A blood clot falls out for various reasons: if the patient rinsed the mouth, accidentally touched the place with a fork or spoon, moved it out of place with his tongue, if for some reason the clot did not settle in the hole, and so on.

If a clot falls out, consult a doctor as soon as possible . To treat such situations, dentists use the method of reappearing a blood clot.

Important! Under no circumstances should you repeat this method yourself. This can lead to severe inflammation or damage to the gums. In any case, it will only get worse.

The dentist must confirm or deny the loss of a blood clot.

If it falls out, the doctor will treat the wound and remove food particles from there . And then he will fill the wound with iodoform turunda. Alternatively, the dentist can simply treat the wound and leave it to heal.

If the inflammatory process has not yet begun, then the doctor will specifically cause blood from the hole , thereby starting the healing process from the very beginning. After the blood has almost stopped, a new clot will begin to form.

If formed too large

If your overall health is good, then there is no need to worry . But it’s still better to visit a dentist, he will examine the oral cavity and give an accurate diagnosis. If the hole often bleeds, hurts or swells, then this is a direct reason to consult a doctor.

How does the healing process work?

Even if there are no complications, the wound heals completely within four to six months.

On the 2nd day, a blood clot appears in the socket - a protective gate against mechanical damage and infections.
If healing proceeds normally, on the third day you can already see granulation tissue at the operation site.
In the second week, the epithelium actively grows, and granulation tissue appears instead of a clot. Primary restoration of bone structures occurs.
In 2-3 weeks, it displaces the blood clot and bone tissue is visible around the perimeter.
Recreation of new tissues takes 30-45 days.
In about 60 days, the hole is closed by osteoid tissue impregnated with calcium.
After 4 months, the bone becomes an “adult”, with a porous structure.
When the bone is fully formed, the wound should resolve to a third of the length of the root.
After extraction, the gums atrophy and the process of subsidence continues for 6-12 months.

Gradual restoration of soft tissues

A few hours are enough for a protective blood clot to form. You should not touch it or try to remove it, because it acts as a kind of barrier that prevents harmful microorganisms from entering an open wound. During the soft tissue healing stage, you should conscientiously brush your teeth at least twice a day, but without affecting the causative area. You should also rinse your mouth every time after a snack, but again without excessive intensity. Around day 2-3, epithelization begins, which is accompanied by the formation of granulation tissue. The patient loses severe pain, swelling and redness disappear. Next, the wound is covered with a white coating. To understand what a properly healing hole looks like, take a look at the photo below.

The photo shows a properly healing hole after removal

If plaque of a different color has formed in the hole, there is cause for concern. A yellowish or even black color of the hole, coupled with bad breath, indicates the onset of inflammatory processes. It should also be taken into account that after wisdom tooth extraction, the recovery process takes longer. Typically, figure eights initially grow in the wrong position, which is why, to remove them, the doctor has to cut the gum and then suture it. This involves more extensive intervention and, accordingly, longer rehabilitation.

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Bone tissue regeneration

Bone tissue begins to form only 7-8 days after surgery. The blood clot should still remain in the socket, but the depression where the tooth used to be is no longer as clearly visible. The patient almost completely loses the feeling of discomfort; there is no more pain or discomfort. The bone regeneration process is usually completed by the end of the second week.

Consolidation of new bone tissue

New hard tissues become denser and stronger. After a certain period of time, they turn into full-fledged bone. This is a fairly long period, which, however, does not cause any discomfort to the person. However, the entire process takes about 4 months.

Fusion of bone with gum

The final stage of rehabilitation involves the fusion of new bone tissue with the jawbone. This stage also takes about 4 months, but only if the operation was successful and there were no complications. If inflammatory processes have occurred, fusion can take up to 6-10 months.

The photo shows the healing pattern after removal