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travisb
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Hi all, this is my first post. Found this site while searching for some information on dry socket on google. Looking to have it answered by both smokers with similar experiences as well as real dentists...
anyways, onto my question... I had a bottom molar extracted (non wisdom) last friday, 6 days ago. I waited 48hrs afterwards to smoke, but only smoked like 2 that day (sunday), 5 the next day(monday), and then maybe 10 the day after that (tuesday)... about mid day tuesday i had pretty minor, but "sharp" pain when i rinsed with salt water at work, because all we have is cold water and it is COLD... so, my open wound was sensitive to cold, what a shock right? but, i also had a bad taste coming from the area so i figured better safe than sorry. went to the dentist wednesday and was told i have dry socket. they put a packing in and its been slowly disolving with absolutely NO pain. If im still having NO pain, not even with cold at this point, when should i consider it "ok" to start smoking again? tomorrow will be 2 days since the packing. also, what could potentially happen if i start smoking "too early", considering ive already had a minor case of dry socket (i was in very little pain, easily could have just dealt with it, but was afraid of infection)? also, could smoking at this point cause more pain? thanks!
Travis
anyways, onto my question... I had a bottom molar extracted (non wisdom) last friday, 6 days ago. I waited 48hrs afterwards to smoke, but only smoked like 2 that day (sunday), 5 the next day(monday), and then maybe 10 the day after that (tuesday)... about mid day tuesday i had pretty minor, but "sharp" pain when i rinsed with salt water at work, because all we have is cold water and it is COLD... so, my open wound was sensitive to cold, what a shock right? but, i also had a bad taste coming from the area so i figured better safe than sorry. went to the dentist wednesday and was told i have dry socket. they put a packing in and its been slowly disolving with absolutely NO pain. If im still having NO pain, not even with cold at this point, when should i consider it "ok" to start smoking again? tomorrow will be 2 days since the packing. also, what could potentially happen if i start smoking "too early", considering ive already had a minor case of dry socket (i was in very little pain, easily could have just dealt with it, but was afraid of infection)? also, could smoking at this point cause more pain? thanks!
Travis