Applicationand progress of cold compress after tooth extraction / 中国实用护理杂志

ABSTRACT

Bleeding and swelling is one of the first kinds of complications or main symptoms after tooth extraction. With the development of high quality oral treatment, the doctors and nurses of oral and maxillofacial alveolar surgery pay more and more attention to maximize reduce the postoperative tooth extraction reaction, improve patient comfort. Cold compress can effectively reduce postoperative bleeding and pain, so it has been widely used in clinical application. The mechanism of bleeding and swelling after tooth extraction and the application principle, method, material selection of cold compress are reviewed in this paper, in order to provide reference for the colleague.