Dental Health : What Is a Dry Socket?
Dry sockets occur after a tooth extraction, in which the blood clot doesn’t fully form to protect the surrounding bone and tissue. Learn more about dentistry and dry sockets withhelp from a licensed dental assistant in this free video series on the dental profession. Expert: Michelle McPhail Contact: www.MySolutionz.com Bio: Michelle McPhail is a dental tech and the office coordinator at one of the most popular cosmetic dentistry centers in the Tampa Bay area. Filmmaker: Christopher Rokosz…
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May 22nd, 2009 at 1:33 pm
Hey, I just got mine pulled today.
When your under the anesthetic you really feel nothing. I took Valium before it and some kind of pill to relieve nausea. When i was conscious again I really don’t remember much about getting up and leaving. It kind of seemed like a dream. My surgery started at 9:30 and by around 2 or 3 the bleeding stopped. I’m taking a Vicodin and so far the pain isn’t really all the bad except when you eat, but stick to softer things like pudding and noodles. You’ll be fine.
May 22nd, 2009 at 3:16 pm
thanks for the info!! it really helped lessen my anxiety. thanks a lot. best of luck to you. =)
May 24th, 2009 at 3:28 pm
take what you normall take for pain killers and you wont experience to much post pain. post extraction differ’s from person to person. depends on your pain tollerance. if you stick to the pain killers you should be fine. it actually helps to take the pain killers around 3 hours prior to the extraction so they are already in your system before the extraction happens. no eating yogurt does not increase your risk of having a dry socket.. and how would you get rid of your saliva? lol spit it?
May 24th, 2009 at 3:31 pm
if you spit it then for sure youd increase your chances of getting a dry socket. dry socket is caused by disloging the blood clot by using straws, spitting smoking, drinking alcohol for the first couple days.. you should be fine to use a straw after about 2-3 days.. so if you had it extr. today mon or tues should be ok to use a straw. and you will know if you have dry socket because it will be EXTREMELY painful, there will be a bad taste in your mouth and a very unpleasent odor as well.good luck
May 26th, 2009 at 7:48 am
I need 3 teeth pulled and this video isnt making me and more comforable with it lol, i mite just go to the dental hospital so there is no chance of me dieing
May 27th, 2009 at 1:49 am
I got 1 tooth pulled last thursday and 2 on friday…. and now i have dry socket. went back 2 dentist 2day and got antibiotics and painkillers. I cant even talk with the pain… my advice, DONT get them all pulled the same week. My mouth is throbbing. Not Nice
May 28th, 2009 at 10:36 am
So what your saying is that if u smoke your 100% gonna get a dry socket. I just got 2 lower teeth extracted about 16 hours ago and i smoked like 20mins b4 i seen this post lol am i ok as long as i can still see the clot on the hole?
May 30th, 2009 at 12:22 pm
you arens supposed to smoke because when you close your lips on that cigaretts you are sucking and when you suck your clot comes out- also smokers tend to heal much slower
June 1st, 2009 at 12:53 pm
thanks a lot!! So far, I’ve done what you said and it didn’t really hurt as much. thanks.
June 2nd, 2009 at 12:58 am
well your pretty much just asking to be in pain by smoking after having an extraction. like the other person said, smoking does dislodge the blood clot opening the wound back up thus making it very suceptible to bacteria entering and thus causing an infection otherwise known as dry socket. if you do experience dry socket (unpleasent oder comming from your mouth, unpleasent taste, pain that does not go away) go back to your dr. immediately so he can pack it. good luck.
June 10th, 2009 at 4:24 am
I had my two upper wisdom tooth extracted on wed. and yesteday (Monday) I was told that I have dry socket. It sucks because I sing in a band and I have a recording sessions scheduled on Sat. The dentist had told me the extraction wouldn’t be painful, not only was it painful, but now I have this. He said it was ok for me to sing. I can’t trust him. Does anybody know if it’s ok for me to sing, or that thing he put in my mouth in replacement of the blood clot is going to get dislodged…HELP!!!
June 11th, 2009 at 12:29 pm
i am so nervous. i just had my wisdom teeth pulled and i have cotton balls in my mouth and i am hoping to not get this!
June 12th, 2009 at 6:30 am
Just don’t fiddle with the extraction points and you’ll be fine. Don’t rinse your mouth out with water, don’t eat REALLY hot foods and don’t touch them. Just keep the cotton balls in there until the bleeding stops.
June 15th, 2009 at 4:05 am
Guys its 1 week ago my wisdoom teeths was pulled 2 of them on right side well i got some hashish here and i want to smoke u rather tell me to wait 1 week more or can i smoke?
June 15th, 2009 at 10:40 pm
I’ve had several extractions and I smoke a lot. I smoked within 15 minutes of getting my teeth pulled everytime I’ve done it (4 times for all wisdom teeth). There’s never been a problem. But I’m careful not to “suck” to hard on the cigarette-that will pull out the blood clot in the hole, which will cause dry socket. I’ve never seen anyone have this problem, but I guess it does happen for some. Use caution.
June 16th, 2009 at 11:25 am
ok i got my teeth pulled about 5 days ago, and a blood clot already formed and went away, now today i smoked my first cigarette, and i also drank soda trough a straw, which i understand is also dangerous, does anybody know if ill be ok?
June 19th, 2009 at 8:55 pm
Omg I have this now, it sucks… I already had an infection in the area when they pulled my tooth out, and the doctor said that may have stopped the clot forming properly. I didn’t get a smell or anything just the pain, a temp and swelling in the area. They gave me penicillin and kick ass pain killers… has anyone else had this before?? It’s not nice hey! xx
June 22nd, 2009 at 1:46 am
mine were removed a week ago and now my upper left socket feels as if its full of air. its squishy kinda. I thought it was just swollen but it feels like a balloon and its really big. It doesn’t hurt at all. its protruding out the outside side.
June 25th, 2009 at 3:34 am
ok i got a tooth pulled 2 days ago its still sore, what does this meas and what colour is the wound suposto be
June 27th, 2009 at 11:49 am
I believe I might get one. Three days since extraction and back of mouth very dry and beginning to friggin feel weird and kinda hurt!
June 27th, 2009 at 11:52 am
UP to two days is fine to be sore even normal. Bt between two and five if the pain becomes worse you need to see dentist. Yu will know if you have dry socket. I think I am getting ti and it SUCKS> Going to dentist tomoory!
June 28th, 2009 at 12:06 pm
My brother and I had our wisdom teeth pulled yesterday. I’m very worried that I might have a dry socket. My brother says that his sockets have filled with the clot, but I don’t think mine have. I rinsed out one of my sockets today because I had food stuck, and it feels like a clot has not been forming, and I’m really starting to panic, someone please help me out.
June 28th, 2009 at 12:56 pm
OMG!!! same! I got all 4 of mine out yesterday! but i’ve been eating yogurt the whole time and rinsing it with warm salt water though xD but I’m kind of nervous coz it didn’t bleed that much after putting the gauze and i still don’t feel any pain even if the numbness went away 30 minutes after the extraction…i can’t wait till tomorrow…coz that will determine everything. From swelling to the scary dry sockets!! ahhah
July 1st, 2009 at 8:20 am
I got all of my wisdom teeth pulled out last monday, and on sunday i figured out that i had a dry socket because it was so painful. You will know once you have it because your ears would be hurting and the pain would be on the side where it hurts the most too. Take care post op everyone because it hurts like crazy. But the treatment for it isnt so bad, the procedure is painful, but it will make everything better. =)
July 1st, 2009 at 9:33 am
You’ll know when you have one because it’ll be painful, and it’s normal for small ammounts of bleeding to occur during the healing process, I had mine pulled 2 weeks ago, and theres still a small ammount of bleeding, but it’s normal. Don’t worry about it unless it’s really bleeding and/or painful when your not doing anything.