Ask doc: Main concern is not to knock clot from the socket where healing is to occur.
Answered 1/30/2014
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Depends: Depends on the difficulty of the extraction. If a simple ; quick extraction with no stitches, probably 1 week would be fine but if difficult extraction, stitches, moderate initial bleeding, large tooth with resultant large extract site, or broken tooth then wait at least 1 month to get a good clot ; initial healing with wound-site closure. If in doubt talk to the dentist who removed the tooth.
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