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

submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years 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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[–] AlternateRoute@lemmy.ca 26 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

The drool always (several extractions including wisdom) faded for me once the numbing wore off and I took the gauze out to sleep (you should not sleep with gauze in your mouth).

You can google about this or ask your dentist if it persists more than a night or so.

[–] shapesandstuff@feddit.de 14 points 2 years ago

A towel on the pillow? Im serious, you might just have to push through it

[–] zakobjoa@lemmy.world 12 points 2 years ago

I don't know. I have never slept again since.

It has been nine years.

[–] atlasraven31@lemm.ee 7 points 2 years ago

You should be on meds and your body should take care of the sleep issue on its own.

[–] andrewta@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

How long has this been going on? If it was just one night then hopefully it fixes itself.

If it’s several nights then call your dentist.

[–] Extrasvhx9he@lemmy.today 7 points 2 years ago

Its my second day so hopefully it does go away like the pain did

[–] LEDZeppelin@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

Unwisely