Plain water is probably the easiest drink to stick with after an implant. It doesn’t contain sugar, and there’s no heat to irritate a tender surgical area. Cold or cool water can also feel pretty nice when your mouth is still a little sore.<\/p>\r\n
The suction created while using one can put stress on healing tissues, so drinking directly from a glass is the smarter move during early recovery. Your dentist’s instructions should win if they gave you a specific timeline.<\/p>\r\n
\u2022 Very hot drinks can irritate the area, especially while swelling and tenderness are still hanging around.<\/p>\r\n
\u2022 Alcohol is a bad trade during healing. Give it a miss rather than testing how your mouth feels.<\/p>\r\n
\u2022 Fizzy or sugary drinks aren’t worth the hassle when plain water does the job without irritating the area.<\/p>\r\n
Drinking water and rinsing your mouth are different things. You can drink water without aggressively moving it around your mouth. If your dentist prescribed a rinse, use it exactly as directed rather than adding extra rinsing because your mouth feels unclean.<\/p>\r\n
If drinking water causes unusual pain, bleeding, or a sudden increase in swelling, don’t brush it off. Contact your dentist or oral surgeon and explain what you’re feeling. Increasing pain or swelling can be a reason to get checked, especially if it comes with fever or drainage.<\/p>\r\n
And if your dentist gave you different instructions, theirs take priority. They know where your implant was placed and whether you also had a tooth removed or a bone graft. Those details change the recovery plan.<\/p>\r\n
Water Is One of the Better Choices Plain water is probably the easiest drink to stick with after an implant. It doesn’t contain sugar, and there’s no heat to irritate a tender surgical area. Cold or cool water can also feel pretty nice when your mouth is still a little sore. Skip the Straw for … Continue reading Can You Drink Water After 2 Days of Dental Implant Surgery?<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"none","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2066","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgedentalcosmetic.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2066","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgedentalcosmetic.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgedentalcosmetic.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgedentalcosmetic.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgedentalcosmetic.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2066"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgedentalcosmetic.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2066\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2090,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgedentalcosmetic.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2066\/revisions\/2090"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgedentalcosmetic.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2066"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgedentalcosmetic.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2066"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgedentalcosmetic.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2066"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}