I have had dry socket before and don't want to go through the pain of the dental treatment again.
2006-08-05 23:48:17 · 5 answers · asked by Nancy T 1 in Health ➔ Dental
There is no over-the-counter relief for dry socket which can be extremely painful following dental extraction. This can occur from sucking action from smoking, sneezing, coughing, and/or spitting within the first 24 hours following extraction, so be sure to avoid these activities.
2006-08-05 23:59:40 · answer #1 · answered by Brendy 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Dry socket is the inflamation of Aveolar bone (the bone your tooth sits in). So considering there isn't much blood supply to the actual bone, the only treatment is a cleaning of the site!
But I am guessing you have gotten dry socket from a previous extraction?? So if you have another extraction make sure that the site is clean, you eat foods that won't get logged down in the space the tooth was taken out.
2006-08-07 12:10:10 · answer #2 · answered by Braidynsmama 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not really, but if you are bound and determined not to back and get proper treatment......
Rinse the socket with a curved tip irrigating syringe after every meal and before going to bed. (Maybe a children's med dose syringe would reach for you.) Put a double pad of moistened gauze over the socket just like you did after your extraction and bite on it to keep the air and saliva out. Your dry socket will heal within a couple of weeks regardless of treatment, unless you get an infection. Your goal is to just keep it clean and keep junk out of it while it heals.
2006-08-06 07:11:53 · answer #3 · answered by Picture Taker 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
see chemist or your dentist
2006-08-06 22:28:22 · answer #4 · answered by munchie 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
don't think so :P
2006-08-05 23:52:17 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋