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Surgical instructions & recovery
Everything you need before and after your procedure, in one place. If anything about your recovery worries you, call us — we would always rather hear from you early.
Recovering and something doesn’t feel right?
Call Dr. Bergens directly. After hours, use the emergency line — day or night.
After your procedure
Recovery guides
After an extraction
Managing bleeding and discomfort, what to eat, and how to protect the site while it heals.
Read the guide
After graft surgery
Caring for the graft and the donor site, including dressings and the palatal stent.
Read the guide
After implant placement
Protecting the implant while it integrates, plus care for any temporary appliance.
Read the guide
After periodontal flap surgery
Oral hygiene, rinsing, and eating guidance while the gum tissue reattaches.
Read the guide
Before your procedure
How to prepare
I.V. sedation
Fasting, medications, what to wear, and arranging an adult to drive you home.
Read the guide
Oral sedation
How to prepare for your appointment when taking sedation by mouth.
Read the guide
Local anesthesia
Simple preparation for procedures done with local anesthetic.
Read the guide
Sinus augmentation
Extra steps that help your sinus graft heal predictably.
Read the guide
Not sure which guide applies?
Call the office and we’ll point you to the right one.
Your instructions depend on the procedure you had and the anesthesia used. If you are unsure, or you have lost the printout we sent you home with, we are happy to resend it.