What causes heavy bleeding from wisdom tooth extraction?

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Could you please send a picture of the affected area soon? Secondly, did you experience any delayed healing in the extraction site or bleeding or foul smell from the mouth at any time during these three weeks?

What I can conclude from your given details is that the wound has not healed properly. It felt just okay for you to chew from that side, but actually, it was still healing from the inside when you did so.

Kindly send me the X-ray taken before extraction. I guess it was a surgical extraction. If so, it requires at least a month to heal well.

1. For now, keep the area tight with cotton balls pressed on, and from the outside of the mouth, keep an ice pack.
2. Kindly do not talk or chew till the bleeding stops, just keep pressing the cotton gauze piece and keep your mouth well closed.
3. As soon as your bleeding stops, rush to your dentist and show the condition of the extraction site. Your dentist will clean and irrigate the area and will repack or suture it for some time.
4. Kindly follow all the guidelines and keep the area clean for better results.
5. Do not rush into healing fast, it should heal for good.
6. Do not chew from that side till your dentist examines and confirms proper healing.
7. Complete the full medicine course and avoid any habits if any, like smoking, at least till your problem is fixed.
8. Maintain good oral hygiene and rinse your mouth with warm water and salt two to three times a day.

I hope my answer was helpful to you. Do revert with the photograph of the same after the bleeding stops. Kindly post updates about the same.

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