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wisdom tooth

hi all i had a wisdom tooth took out last friday had to go bk to dentist today as i had a rally bad taste coming out of it and they said i had a bit of an infection but the salt water had sorted it so they cleaned all the tooth out and packed it my question is whilst its packed cud i still rinse it out with salt water thank u
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Hello,
If you doc told you stop rinse then ok. But i think rinse with salt water alternate day it will good...
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Its possible to rinse it out with salt water.  I would be gently with rinsing the area for a few days.
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