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How to sleep after wisdom teeth extraction (lemmy.today)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by Extrasvhx9he@lemmy.today to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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I seem to be generating excessive amounts of saliva to the point where I need a disposable cup to kinda drool it into every couple of minutes. This makes sleeping kinda hard and so I'm wondering is there a trick? I had to make a sort of makeshift bib out of a towel just to combat this last night and that allowed me to get a few hours but man was it uncomfortable. Any advice?

Edit: the excessive saliva finally went away last night. Appreciate all of your help

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[–] relative_iterator@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

Could smoke some weed. Maybe the cotton mouth will cancel out the drooling.

Edit: only joking of course!

[–] photonic_sorcerer@lemmy.dbzer0.com 24 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Do not smoke when there are large wounds in your mouth trying to heal!

[–] relative_iterator@sh.itjust.works 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yes probably not the best advice. Edited so it’s clear it’s only a joke.

[–] jaamesbaxterr@lemmy.ninja 5 points 1 year ago

I was gonna say, ever heard of "dry socket"? Honestly though, when I had my wisdom teeth pulled I was still smoking cigarettes and I'd just put wet gauze in the back over the holes and do it anyway. I got lucky I guess and got away with it.