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Got left upper molar removed almost 4 days ago

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Sarahsolemn

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I am a smoker and have been scared of getting dry socket. I have been as careful as I can be during this healing process, it looks like the extraction site has the white scar tissue scab over it but i was wondering if I am at almost 4 days with the pain subsiding everyday, am I out of the woods of dry socket? In 12 hours it will be 72 hours since.
 
I think that white part is just the healing process. I'd wait the full week before resuming smoking as you're not supposed to be smoking/sucking on a straw/sneezing/spitting excessively, etc. after an extraction, I've read.
 
I am a smoker and have been scared of getting dry socket. I have been as careful as I can be during this healing process, it looks like the extraction site has the white scar tissue scab over it but i was wondering if I am at almost 4 days with the pain subsiding everyday, am I out of the woods of dry socket? In 12 hours it will be 72 hours since.


In the US they say no smoking or using straws for a full week. I think in the UK they advise you to wait 4 days.

Either way, the risk although small is still present til it has been a full week, but in all honesty most smokers are not able to wait that long, and most smoke anyway, and most do not get dry socket.

I used a nicotine patch for 3 days and then could not stand it anymore and used my ecig. I did not get dry socket. On day 6 I was a rebel and drank my milkshake with a straw and still didn't get dry socket.
It is up to you. the risk is there but it is a small risk. and if you do get dry socket it still heals.

If you chose to smoke do not suck hard, do it carefully. don't just hoover it up like a vacuum lol and you should be fine.
 
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