P.S. The only thing worse than teeth pain is bone pain and kidney stones. Not even labor come close, I have had 2 kids with no ‘drugs’. I would know!!

What to expect for smokers, sorry to say but you will have to quit for a min of 48 or 72 hours just to be on the safe side, MORTIN IBUPROFEN tablets 300 mg ever 5 or 6 hours for the pain should do the trick, the inflammtion is what is causing you pain and MORTIN does the trick, DO NOT USE tylenol because it thins the blood and you may not be able to form a blood clot which will lead to dry socket. The more complicated your extraction will mean you will have more pain (neck jaw and throat pain are perfectly normal) and you may also feel and increase in pain during the first 3 days this is normal. Don’t use straws, don’t spit, the idea is not to create suction in the mouth so the clot doesn’t come out. For the hardcore smokers you can try after 24 hours but be extremly careful and very gentle puffs, after every cigarette for the first 3 days you must do a salt water rinse, 15% the amount of water in the cup, make sure the water is warm, not hot, do not swish it around simply move your head back and forth and let is fall out of your mouth, DO NOT SPIT IT OUT, do this for about 5 mins, no brushing with tooth paste for 24 hours and when you do it be VERY CAREFUL if you cannot get to a tooth because you might hit the extraction site “LEAVE IT” for the time being, NO MOUTH WASH because it may destroy the clot, do salt water rinses for the first 5 days after that you should be fine. as for a time lapse the gauze will take anywhere from 1 – 2 hours to form some cases it may be longer or shorter, you can drink water immediately wait atleast 6-8 hours before eating anything ( i high recommend jello or something that requires no chew for the first 24 hours ) then after the 24 you should be able to eat soft foods (KD, Mashed Potatos, etc.) NO POP, NO CHIPS, NO HARD CANDY. during the 24-48 period you may notice the clot has gotten smaller, sinking, or pushed together and you have white visiable white stuff ( the white stuff is puss and you will probley be able to taste it ) this is what we want to see, it means the infection is draining (this is for people who have had teeth removed because of an abscess tooth) and by day 3 you smokers can smoke till you hearts content. as for marijuana smokers you must wait till the whole is visible and you can see the skin formed in the hole at the bottom before you can smoke so you will be awaiting a min of 1 week. the reason is that marijuana drys out the new cells trying to form in the mouth the area must stay moist to proceed with healing. for all the moron kids on here telling you they smoked right after the extraction is a lie and i have had alot of idiots in my practice coming in with dry socket and finding out that they smoked a joint 9 hours after their extraction.

I think i have answered most of your questions, hopefully it helps.