How to get a tooth to stop bleeding

Press clean gauze firmly on the bleeding area, but ongoing bleeding needs the source identified by a dental professional.

Blood may come from injured gum, an extraction socket, a fractured tooth, inflamed tissue, or an abscess.

Sit upright, maintain steady gauze pressure, and avoid vigorous rinsing, spitting, smoking, or inserting substances into the wound.

Persistent or heavy bleeding, trauma, swelling, fever, faintness, or breathing difficulty needs urgent care.

Ask whether the source is gum, socket, pulp, or infection and whether imaging is needed.