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You should wait 24 hours afterwords to ensure your blood forms a proper clot around the area. Alcohol affects your blood's ability to clot.

Drinking alcohol after a tooth extraction is not a problem. UNLESS you are also taking pain medication. In that case, you should not drink until you are no longer on the medication.

AnswerExactly, mixing alcohol with certain types of medication can be like poison.

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Yes alcohol when mixed with certain medications can cause problems but the main reason you should avoid alcohol after an extraction is that alcohol dilates blood vessels and may cause bleeding.

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