How do you soothe bone chips after dental surgery?

Rough bone chips: Generally your dentist will assist you by using instruments to buff out rough bony areas to give you relief. Discuss this with your dentist.

Removal: Usually bone chips work their way to the surface and are easily removed under topical anesthetic. Other times, they will work themselves out of the gum tissue on their own. See your dentist if you have this problem.

Ice and Anti-inflama: Ice is very effective the first 24 hours after dental surgery. Anti-inflamatories are highly effective as well.

Evaluation: After dental/oral surgery, if bone chips or splinters rise to the surface, they should be removed, preferably by the dental surgeon who performed the treatment to avoid infections.

Must be removed.: Bone chip, unless removed by itselft (fell out) should be removed since it will not heal and cause tissue inflammation and sometimes pain.

See your dentist: If it's loose and you are willing to wait, it will probably come out within a few days. If it is not loose and\or you want to feel better right away, you need to see your dentist who can smooth it off or remove it entirely.

Call ur dentist: Often following bone grafting surgery using cadaver or synthetic chips, some of them may dislodge from the site and become embedded in the gum tissue. They are easily removed and won't cause any permanent damage to the site. Until you see your dentist, you may wish to use a topical gel you can buy at the pharmacy, in addition to what you normally take for pain. Salt water rinses will help too.