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the pain of a dry socket

  • 27-04-2010 9:53am
    #1
    dewy09
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 21 ✭


    went to the dentist the other day for a extraction,ended up with a dry socket in the days following very painfull


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  • #2
    Ostrom
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,483 ✭✭✭Ostrom


    Moved to Dental Issues


  • #3
    btkm8unsl0w5r4
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,535 ✭✭✭btkm8unsl0w5r4


    Thanks, very informative.


  • #4
    Big_G
    Moderators Posts: 1,589 ✭✭✭Big_G


    Look where it was posted in the first place. I'm so tempted to say something here, must...resist...temptation...to...bash...op, need...mod...powers...to...use...for...good........


  • #5
    DeVore
    Business & Finance Moderators, Entertainment Moderators Posts: 32,387 Mod ✭✭✭✭DeVore


    I had one recently and yes, they arent pleasant. I found it more freaky then painful after the first day or two. I used salt water a few times a day. Its kinda gross but it does close up and harden up...

    DeV.


  • #6
    btkm8unsl0w5r4
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,535 ✭✭✭btkm8unsl0w5r4


    Fairly common after extractions especially lower wisdom teeth. Most risk is with smokers. They happen for no reason and go away after about 10 days. They are a drag and quite painful.


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  • #7
    Mac daddy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,942 ✭✭✭Mac daddy


    Jaime Tight Mortal wrote: »
    Fairly common after extractions especially lower wisdom teeth. Most risk is with smokers. They happen for no reason and go away after about 10 days. They are a drag and quite painful.

    Funny you mention my dentist told me the exact same this evening he told me to stay away from the smokes for a couple of hours.
    The missus had it last year after getting the lower left wisdom tooth removed she was in bits for days after it, nothing but washing the mouth out a couple of times per day with warm salty water :(


  • #8
    helimachoptor
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 21,693 Mod ✭✭✭✭helimachoptor


    Can I ask, why is smoking so bad during dental work?
    I don't smoke but after getting my impant my dentist was saying smokers always have a higher failure rate than non smokers, is it because there's less oxygen getting to the gum?


  • #9
    ballsymchugh
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,939 ✭✭✭ballsymchugh


    nicotine causes vasoconstriction, decreasing the blood flow to the gingival tissues, depressing the inflammatory response, so healing doesn't go along as normal. which is why smokers are more likely to have gum disease, as the response to the bacteria isn't the usual.
    also, for dry sockets, if the clot falls out from the extraction wound then it won't reform leaving the bone exposed. the surface of bone is highly innervated which is why it's so painful. not really an infection though.
    it's worse again if you're a girl on the pill.


  • #10
    btkm8unsl0w5r4
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,535 ✭✭✭btkm8unsl0w5r4


    ballsymchugh wrote: »
    it's worse again if you're a girl on the pill.

    Well lets hope georgieporgy doesnt need an extraction :D

    your exactly correct


  • #11
    Big_G
    Moderators Posts: 1,589 ✭✭✭Big_G


    Wow. At least it wasn't directed at me this time. Nice.


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