Wisdom Teeth and Lipo?

While I would be concerned about placing a foreign body like breast implants immediately after dental work, the risk of having a transient bacteremia cause a problem with liposuction is extremely small.  Most people aren't going to have liposuction on the day of their wisdom tooth extraction anyway.  After that, you shouldn't have to wait more than two or three days.  

 

 

I don't think there is any correlation between wisdom teeth extraction and liposuction and the risk of infection. Neither involves the placement of a synthetic  implant and both are initially clean procedures, provided the wisdom teeth are not infected or had a recent bout of pericoronitis. You could have them done together, wisdom teeth extraction before the liposuction or liposuction done before the wisdom teeth extraction. Any of these sequences are fine and the number of days between the two, regardless of the order, is a matter of comfort and not medical risk.

Hello,

 

Surgeons vary on post-op antibiotics.You are probably looking at a few days. You could have the lipo first and a week or two later do the wisdom teeth as long a your dentist and plastic surgeon are OK with it.

 

Docs are kinda opinionated. :)

 

Best Regards,

 

John Di Saia MD