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jjoolleeggee
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So on Tuesday I got one of my molars removed (I think it's number 18?). The surgeon gave me a sheet with instructions about diet and care of the site. One thing I don't get, though, is that they gave me a water syringe to wash out the hole, but there's not really a hole there, at least from what I can tell. There's just sort of a dent with a darker, red part at the bottom of the dent, which I assume is the blood clot.
I'm a little paranoid about getting dry socket, and I don't want to use the syringe and end up dislodging the blood clot myself. According to the sheet, I'm supposed to start using the syringe on the third day after surgery, but after looking up how to use it (since the sheet didn't supply that information), every other source I've found says to wait 5 days to a week before using the syringe.
I have a followup appointment in a week, but I don't want to wait that long to use the syringe if I need it. I just don't see why it would be needed if there's not really a hole to irrigate, and I don't want to use it anyway if it's going to cause more harm than good. So, I guess I'm kind of at a loss about what exactly I should do.
EDIT: I just got a good look at it with a flashlight. There are some stitches, but I didn't bother drawing those. So, I guess it's more like a cut, so disregard my crappy description above, but that just makes using the water syringe that much more confusing. Should also be noted that I've been gently rinsing with warm salt water every couple of hours.
I'm a little paranoid about getting dry socket, and I don't want to use the syringe and end up dislodging the blood clot myself. According to the sheet, I'm supposed to start using the syringe on the third day after surgery, but after looking up how to use it (since the sheet didn't supply that information), every other source I've found says to wait 5 days to a week before using the syringe.
I have a followup appointment in a week, but I don't want to wait that long to use the syringe if I need it. I just don't see why it would be needed if there's not really a hole to irrigate, and I don't want to use it anyway if it's going to cause more harm than good. So, I guess I'm kind of at a loss about what exactly I should do.
EDIT: I just got a good look at it with a flashlight. There are some stitches, but I didn't bother drawing those. So, I guess it's more like a cut, so disregard my crappy description above, but that just makes using the water syringe that much more confusing. Should also be noted that I've been gently rinsing with warm salt water every couple of hours.
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