Will Smoking Dope Affect Wisdom Tooth Removal With IV Sedation?

Posted on Thu, 28 Nov 2013

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Question : My son, 23, healthy, I notice he smoked dope last nigh, tomorrow he will have 4 wisdom teeth pulled out with IV sedation. How it will affect his health and procedure?

Answered by Dr. Mahesh Koregol (53 minutes later)

Brief Answer: don't worry Detailed Answer: Hi, Though there won't be major concerns with this it would be better if he could have avoided smoke since it gets deposited on gums and forms stain. This will be visible by dentist. But nothing to worry about the procedure. He can go ahead as planned. Please remember to put a word to dentist dbout it. Regards

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