Thought you guys might like to see the set up at my local pet store. I find its really nice, and I thought it might be a good refresh compared to those chain petshops with deli cups.
(Edited to add: I managed to get a semi-clear photo. Its in the comments.) I cannot get a clear photo, unfortunately, as i have chronically shaky hands and the tooth in reference is in the top of my mouth. However I am a creative writing student running on six days of nerves and about four hours of sleep, so I'll do my best to be descriptive.
Six days ago I got a tooth pulled. Now I've had teeth pulled before, but this was not a normal tooth. This tooth is in the roof of my mouth. Not the hard palate exactly, more like the back edge of my gums. There was maybe a quarter inch between this tooth, and my front left tooth.
I got my 'shark tooth' pulled on Tuesday, six days ago. It took almost a full day for the clot to form, but aside from that I had no problems. No pain, no swelling, no irritation. Just a hole that stubbornly refused to clot.
I saw my dentist on day 2 for something unrelated and she said my extraction site looked fine.
Earlier today I had a juice box. A lovely, delicious, refreshing peach juice box that took me fifteen minutes to drink because I was being so careful. That then emboldened me to drink juice from my juice bottle, which has a straw.
I never sucked with enough pressure to feel it on the clot, and I essentially lapped at the straw like a particularly over eager hamster at a bottle. My clot felt fine, I rinsed with salt water, brushed my teeth, and took my merry lisping self to bed.
I woke up ten, maybe twenty minutes ago because alas I have the bladder of a particularly tiny mouse and I drank too much juice. I get to the bathroom, yawn, and realize I feel a hole in my face.
A few fumbling moments later, armed with a flashlight and dollarstore dental mirror, I realize my previously full and white-capped extraction hole is dipping in and red again.
I panic.
I sit down.
I write this whole long-winded thing, to ask a single similarly long-winded question.
Finally,
TL;DR, 6 days post tooth extraction. Stubborn clot at the beginning but no other problems. Got ballsy with a straw today, woke up tonight with the hole now dipping in and no longer white. No pain.
My question, is it normal?
I fell asleep with the hole being flush with the surrounding gums and palate, covered in a vaguely gross white film, and woke up to no white film and an indent.
Is this normal? Is this fine? Im panicking. Its not bleeding, it doesnt really hurt, and I cannot see any bone, but it changed very quickly and I am very concerned.
Please help me.
Ive bothered my dentist far more than I should for this.
Please help me.
(Edited to add: I am 16, I dont smoke, drink, or do drugs. My most addictive indulgence is peach juiceboxes which I am severely regretting now. I have no history of dental issues aside from crooked teeth and the occasional cavity. Ive had teeth pulled before, but that was when I was less of a worrier, and they were baby teeth.)