Agony after tooth removed

[Guest]

Hi
I hope you can help me.
I had a tooth removed on Wednesday its now Saturday and I am still in agony. I went back to the dentisit yesterday and he packed the hole with something that smelt like dettol and tasted vile - this worked for a while but I have woken up again in agony. This cant be normal. what could be wrong???

 

[Guest]

It's a dry socket. The blood clot has broken down to fast where the tooth has been extracted and left an open wound. Which hurts a lot as you've discovered.
It usually happens to women more than men and more often to smokers than non-smokers, but they are pretty unpredictable.

Basically all the dentist can do is wash out the socket and place a variety of packing materials into the wound. Painkillers and tincture of time are about the only other things that will help at the moment I'm afraid.

 

[Guest]

Thank you so much for this. It explains why the dentist asked me if I was a smoker ( i am not) and why i could see the bare bone of my jaw. Hopefully the pain will wear down. I wrote the question at 3am as I was in absolute agony but, fingers crossed the pain killers are lasting much longer now. The dentist has said that I shouldnt need to go back to him for a further packing as the one that is in should disolve

I now feel so releived that someone could tell me what was wrong, i have had teeth removed before and have never had this much pain after. By the way my front teeth feel like they are 'on edge' I am assuming that this is normal due to the amount of work I had done - 1 extraction and two fillings- and that when everything settles down they will aswell.

regards


Michelle