i just had all 4 of my wisdom teeth cut out this past friday, and 3 are healing perfectly, i have not had the first problem out of them but i have 1 that i think was impacted its on the bottom right, it still hurts, today was alil better at times and then other times it was BAD.. i took a pain pill this mornin then just took asprin the rest of the day and it was ok, how will i know if its a dry socket everyone says it hurts really bad, but mine does hurt real bad, just not all the time..could it be dry socket? and when will it be safe to know i aint gonna get it?..on the top of the gum where the tooth was extracted it has white spots on it, what could that be? is it normal?
2007-07-09 17:39:31 · 4 answers · asked by country_girl23 4 in Health ➔ Dental
try to rinse with warm water and salt, the area it may be inflamed as the tissue try to heal. the condition of alveolar osteitis (dry socket) some times is caused by food retained in the socket after the extraction . if it persist call your dentist and inform him about this. if it is dry socket he will have to clean the area with war saline and eugenol(an antibiotic , anti inflammatory and anesthetic). good luck.
2007-07-09 18:07:35 · answer #1 · answered by billito 1 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I smoked 5 mins once you have my knowledge enamel pulled. I in no way obtained dry socket. Dry socket is infrequent. It's like aspect results published on drugs. you most commonly do not have any essential ones. It's only a probability.
2016-09-05 21:57:59 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
HELLO CRYSTAL,
IF YOU HAD DRY SOCKET YOU'D KNOW IT. THE PAIN IS ABSOLUTELY EXCRUCIATING. IT'S NOT JUST AN ACHE BUT A PAIN THAT IS A LEVEL OF 10 ON A SCALE OF 1:10.
DRY SOCKET IF IT WILL OCCUR HAPPENS IN THE FIRST 24-48 HOURS AFTER EXTRACTION.
YOU PROBABLY HAVE SOME FOOD THAT GOT TRAPPED WITH THE HEALING SOCKET. THE PAIN OF A DRY SOCKET IS 24/7 FOR SEVERAL WEEKS, NOT JUST AN ACHE THAT OCCASIONALLY FEELS BETTER.
TRY SWISHING WITH WARM SALT WATER EVERY DAY FOR A FEW DAYS, AND YOU'LL BE BETTER SOON.
2007-07-09 19:24:03 · answer #3 · answered by Dr. Albert, DDS, (USA) 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Hi sweetie! i dont think this is a dry socket although it could be an infected socket. Try to clean the area as much as possible you can use hot salty water or an anti-bacterial mouthwash. If the pain is still present you can try and combine paracetamol with ibuprofen as you can mix these two safely and it works great on pain as ibuprofen contains an anti-inflammatory, hope i have helped!
2007-07-09 19:34:50 · answer #4 · answered by Sharriebabe 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋