{"id":255,"date":"2024-09-23T08:35:06","date_gmt":"2024-09-22T22:35:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging-y.hobartoralsurgery.com.au\/?page_id=255"},"modified":"2025-05-25T20:14:39","modified_gmt":"2025-05-25T10:14:39","slug":"home-care","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/hobartoralsurgery.com.au\/?page_id=255","title":{"rendered":"Home Care"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>After your Surgery<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Please avoid:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Avoid spitting or rinsing of your mouth today<\/li>\n<li>Avoid smoking, vaping and alcohol for at least 3 days<\/li>\n<li>Avoid biting onto your lip, cheek and tongue when these are numb<\/li>\n<li>Avoid hot food or drinks until you have normal sensation to the mouth<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Please do:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Eat a soft diet for 3 days (soup, mashed potato, scrambled eggs, pasta, yogurt)<\/li>\n<li>Apply intermittent ice packs externally to the face (20 mins on and 20 mins off)<\/li>\n<li>Start rinsing your mouth the day after surgery using warm saltwater after meals<\/li>\n<li>Take analgesic medication (Panadol or Nurofen) as per the instructions on the box<\/li>\n<li>If you have a prescription for medication, please take these as prescribed<\/li>\n<li>Confirm all medication allergies as well as the appropriateness of medications for you<\/li>\n<li>Drink sufficient fluids following your procedure<\/li>\n<li>If you have nausea or vomiting, please take only small sips of water until this subsides<\/li>\n<li>Keep your head elevated with pillows when sleeping today<\/li>\n<li>Rest<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>What you can expect:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A little bleeding from the surgical sites is normal \u2013 this can include some blood in saliva<\/li>\n<li>Sterile gauze can be folded up and bit onto if profuse bleeding occurs<\/li>\n<li>Swelling to the gums, cheeks and face can occur and can last for a few days<\/li>\n<li>Discoloration (blue\/black\/green\/yellow) or bruising to the skin can occur<\/li>\n<li>Your surgeon will advise you if stitches placed need to be removed<\/li>\n<li>Please call this clinic or present to a hospital Emergency Department if concerned<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After your Surgery Please avoid: Avoid spitting or rinsing of your mouth today Avoid smoking, vaping and alcohol for at least 3 days Avoid biting onto your lip, cheek and tongue when these are numb Avoid hot food or drinks until you have normal sensation to the mouth Please do: Eat a soft diet for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-255","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hobartoralsurgery.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/255","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hobartoralsurgery.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hobartoralsurgery.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hobartoralsurgery.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hobartoralsurgery.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=255"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/hobartoralsurgery.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/255\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":664,"href":"https:\/\/hobartoralsurgery.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/255\/revisions\/664"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hobartoralsurgery.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=255"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}