A Dental Roundup reference
The Recovery Desk.
Had a tooth out and not sure what you are looking at? Pick the procedure, then the hour you are in; every line is quoted from a named source and dated.
Simple extractions and surgical or wisdom-tooth extractions
Tooth extraction
Day 0 to week 2 and beyond · 110 lines from 23 sources · all checked 1 September 2026
How this desk works
Every line on these pages is a quotation from a named authority, a national dental association, a major clinic, a health service or a peer-reviewed review, linked and dated, and the build refuses to publish a line whose quote no longer matches the captured source.
This is not medical advice; it shows what published guidance describes at each stage, and your own dentist or surgeon overrides everything here, so if you are worried, call your dentist.
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