What is your management for intermittent bleeding and pain at the buccal mucosa graft donor site within the first postoperative week?

Gauze packing as needed. I would not intervene with surgical closure. Sponges soaked in lidocaine with epinephrine can also help in this situation.

We do use a swish and spit viscous lidocaine to help with oral pain in the first few weeks after surgery.

The patient should avoid foods that are hard a...

For pain after buccal graft harvest, I have found topical anesthetic oral mouthwashes used as a swish and spit. have been very effective.

Bleeding can be more difficult to manage. I have had them use packing like after tooth extraction if bleeding is persisting. They need to moisten the gauze before ...