Bryanna,

My dentist removed sutures yesterday. He said it has healed fine. Today morning,I tried to eat an apple and it pressed upon the extracted tooth site and started bleeding. I took a cotton swab put some Betadine gargle on it and placed there. The bleeding stopped and the clot formed again. I was quite frightened. I shouldn't have eaten an apple. I removed the cotton swab after 45 min , then drank water and ate ice cream to help it clot nicely just after an extraction..
I showed the dentist today evening and he said it is fine and asked me to eat only soft food.
The question that is worrying me is 'Is betadine safe as I used it ? It contains iodine. It must have gone in my stomach as I drank water. Iodine is toxic. My dentist has also asked me to do Betadine gargle 4 times a day for next 7 days.

Is it poisonous ? I dont know what to do. Please help. I am so worried.

-Amit.