Hi Amit,

My personal preference as far as rinsing goes is to use warm salt water only. The reason being is that salt is the most natural and powerful antiseptic on the planet, it is therapeutic to the oral tissue, won't stain your teeth and I personally avoid using chemicals as much as possible. At this stage of the post op you can start to rinse more aggressively meaning you can swish the rinse a bit harder than just sloshing it around in your mouth. That will help reduce the bacteria in the debris that gets stuck to the sutures.

It is fine for the general dentist to remove your sutures. If you feel that the site is not healing well or are concerned about an infection inside of the socket, you can have the dentist take one xray of that area. It is way too early for new bone to have formed and be evident on the xray but a blatant infection would be apparent on the xay.

A little pain or soreness is normal for the first week or so after an infected tooth is removed. Signs of a problem are onset of intense pain several days after the extraction, late swelling, fever, swollen glands.. things like that.

Bryanna