Dental health.

[mudhu]

sir,i am smoking now 4-cigrates a day,after surgery in my jaw bone,where grafting has been placed in the cavity almost 14 days?
is it right or not,but i can tell u one thing i can't control smoking.

[Gellia]

I think it might be better to ask the surgeon that did your bone graft.  He/She will be able to tell you how far healing has progressed.  It's really impossible for someone to tell you it's OK to smoke without knowing more about why the graft was necessary and how it is healing.

Check with your dentist and if you do smoke draw the smoke in gently  Part of the problem is that the simple act of smoking can also cause a vacuum in your mouth and disrupt the graft.  After 23 days that shouldn't happen though.  Concern would be more with constriction of blood vessels due to the nicotine.

Good luck!  
Best to you,
Gellia

[mudhu]

thank's sir.
    sir,how long i have to refrain from smoking.
it is now almost 23 days of my surgery in the jaw bone.

[mudhu]

thank's sir.
    sir,how long i have to refrain from smoking.
it is now almost 23 days of my surgery.

[Gellia]

Hi,
The problem with smoking after dental surgery is that it compromises the blood flow to the area.  If you are willing to take the chance that the graft you had will fail, go ahead and smoke.  If you are NOT willing to take that chance, please try your darnedest to not smoke.  A graft needs all the blood supply it can get to succeed.  Every time you take a puff the blood is constricted to that area and constricted blood supply means dead cells.

Now you know what happens.  It's up to you.

No one can tell you whether it's OK for you to smoke.  It's you that would bare the consequences if the graft fails so it has to be your decision.

My best to you.
Gellia