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MightyMetFan
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Hey all,
I need some advice. About 8 days ago, I had non dissolvable medicated dressings placed in my lower sockets after having all 4 of my wisdom teeth removed the week before. I didn't get dry socket, but the pain was still pretty intense after the 5th day, so I asked to have them placed in there anyways. Fast forward to yesterday and I asked my oral surgeon to have them taken out (even though he said they'd wash out on their own) because I was ready for them to be out. He and his staff took out the dressings, but said they couldn't find the dressing in the lower left one, even though I was fairly certain it hadn't come out. Now today, as I was irrigating my sockets after dinner, I tasted the eugenol and I saw a few pieces of thread come out into the sink. Now I believe it's still in there and it's stuck.
What should I do? Should I just wait it out and keep irrigating it and just wait until it (hopefully) works its way out? Or should I try and get if removed again? I'm just afraid that the socket will close and trap the gauze in there, which I really don't want to happen.
And advice or help would be really appreciated! Thanks!
I need some advice. About 8 days ago, I had non dissolvable medicated dressings placed in my lower sockets after having all 4 of my wisdom teeth removed the week before. I didn't get dry socket, but the pain was still pretty intense after the 5th day, so I asked to have them placed in there anyways. Fast forward to yesterday and I asked my oral surgeon to have them taken out (even though he said they'd wash out on their own) because I was ready for them to be out. He and his staff took out the dressings, but said they couldn't find the dressing in the lower left one, even though I was fairly certain it hadn't come out. Now today, as I was irrigating my sockets after dinner, I tasted the eugenol and I saw a few pieces of thread come out into the sink. Now I believe it's still in there and it's stuck.
What should I do? Should I just wait it out and keep irrigating it and just wait until it (hopefully) works its way out? Or should I try and get if removed again? I'm just afraid that the socket will close and trap the gauze in there, which I really don't want to happen.
And advice or help would be really appreciated! Thanks!