I’m on day 5 post op , I tried eating some applesauce and did the saltwater rinse . I think whatever that is just got lose , I’m a little nervous . Can anyone confirm or not if this is healing fine ? I’m not gonna eat until I get a response , please enlighten me , is the the blood clot they told me about .
Hello all, I got my lower right wisdom tooth extracted last Thursday, the pain had gotten worse on day 2 but then quickly got better (I tend to have a very high pain tolerance) and on day 4 my stitches seemed to come loose and the socket had "opened" again.
At the bottom of the socket beneath where the stitched flap had covered I can see white but I'm not in very much pain (Throbbing, inconsistent and like 2/3 out of 10), there's minor swelling around my cheek and jaw but I'm worried sick that what I'm seeing at the bottom of my socket is exposed bone and I'm not sure if I should be very worried about this or not.
I have a followup planned but am not sure what to do until then if it is dry socket.
Also, I'm not sure how quickly I would be feeling pain after the clot came out if it IS dry socket-- I've been bracing myself to wake up in agony but it hasn't happened yet.
Does dry socket hurt immediately once the clot falls out, or does the pain develop over time?
Thanks for your time, and assuming you're on this sub for a similar reason, best of luck in your recovery!
I've been rinsing my mouth with saline (using gravity by pretending I'm in a moshpit) like crazy and was prescribed antibiotics and clorahexadine the day it was extracted.
Pardon the image quality, taking these photos was a novel experience
I'm on day 6 of getting 3 of my wisdom teeth removed and I'm still having mild-moderate pain and got some bad face bruising a few days ago. This happen to anyone else? When does the pain go away!😕
Today is exactly 2 weeks from getting my top 2 out and I was completely fine even the day after like 0 pain . I've been Goin easy on my mouth cuz super paranoid of getting drysocket, pain aside I can't aford to deal with more dental shit right now and I just wana get high so bad qnq how do I know when I can smoke again
Hi all, just wanted to share what my experience was like and ask some advice on what to expect in the next few weeks. I am almost one month post extraction of my lower wisdom tooth and my timeline has looked like this:
Day 0/1: Extraction easy. I am in the UK and I was sedated so time went super fast. Dentist said it was a good extraction.
Day 2/3: I was absolutely vigilant about all the rules not to get a dry socket. Nothing too hot or cold, no straws, gentle salt water rinses after 2 days, no spitting etc. Unfortunately I did not eat enough for the amount of painkillers I was taking (ibuprofen and paracetamol consistently) and on the night of day 3/morning of day 4 I had a high fever and vomited. I think this is when I dislodged the blood clot.
Day 4: I was miserable, in pain, not sleeping. It felt like a deep ache and also burning. I checked this thread to see if it was dry socket but everyone on here was saying 'if it was dry socket you would know' etc., so I assumed it wasn't because the way people were talking about it being worse than childbirth felt extreme. Painkillers continued to help take the edge off but I would have to be on them consistently and I was sleeping like 3 hours a night because of them wearing off.
Day 5: I convinced myself it must be an infection so called up my dentist. They saw me and said it was a classic dry socket. They did not apply a medicated dressing, clove oil, give me extra pain relief or anything 'because I'm young and will heal'. Give it two weeks he said. Obviously I was pretty upset.
Days 6-9: I was exhausted and in pain but at least I knew now it was dry socket, and could stop being paranoid about dry socket... It was one of the worst experiences I have ever had, but slowly, slowly, the pain started to ease. By day 9 I turned a corner and was only taking painkillers every 6 hours or so, it felt worlds better than it had been.
Days 10-17: Once the pain had pretty much gone and it was just the hole remaining it was like I had a new lease on life. It was incredible. I continued being careful with food but started drinking alcohol again with no issue. Continued with salt water rinses (was not given a syringe) and settled in to wait for the hole to fill.
Day 18: Felt irritation in site. Went to dentist who found a bit of food debris in there. Used a sharp metal tool to scrape it out which was hell and made me bleed a ton. Dental assistant didn't even know how to turn on the suction. 1/10 dentist experience.
Day 19-23: Hole felt large still. I knew I was on a delayed healing timeline because of the dry socket but was losing hope. Just wanted this to be over and progress felt so slow.
Day 24: Almost overnight this fleshy pink mound sprouted up and filled the hole. Super weird, unattached to any gum on either side.
Day 25 - now: This fleshy mound has now spread out and attached on two sides of my gum filling the hole. It is not attached on the cheek side and still feels a bit delicate and moveable. I am now just waiting for the last of it to attach and firm up, although apparently this can take another couple of weeks or a month.
CONCLUSION:
- Dry socket will not kill you, but it does suck, and will set your recovery back a good while.
QUESTION:
- I am still chewing on the other side, still salt water rinsing. Has anyone else with delayed dry socket healing experienced such a delay, and when did your gum truly smooth out?
Hi all. To start with, this is an older X-ray from last December. Since then, I have gotten both my lower wisdom teeth extracted, as at some point they started severely aching, so much so that my gum was inflamed and I was having a mild sore throat. Now my question is, from the photo, can anybody tell me whether I need to get my upper ones removed too. It’s been 3/4 days since there’s some redness in the back of my left molar, a prickly sensation on my left cheek, and a terrible pain on my left side of the throat when I swallow saliva etc. But I don’t have any toothache or pain when I chew. I went to an ENT doc and they diagnosed me with acute tonsillitis. But I am still anxious whether the problems I am facing are due to the tonsillitis or the tooth. I really do not want to visit my dental surgeon again- I have bad trauma from my lower ones.
Hi. So I had four fully erupted wisdom teeth that were basically riddled with cavities, which was the reason for the removal. As of writing this today is Day 0, aka extraction day. I wanted to write down my personal timeline for those in the future who may want to know what it could be like, as the majority of posts I see on here are either impacted wisdom teeth, or do not say if impacted or erupted.
So. Day 0.
It was okay. I went into the dentists office and shown to the children's section, despite being 24, where I met the oral surgeon and his assistant. They were very nice and with the first four needles of anesthetic the oral surgeon kept saying "sorry, sorry, sorry" as he pushed the plunger thing. Eventually I didn't feel the needles at all and it wasn't that bad. I got local anesthestic only so I was awake for it all.
All four teeth were taken out in roughly 15-30 minutes, which I'm basing on my appointment start time (noon) and the time I saw on my phone when completely done (12:33), so I'm including prep time and the several minutes I was left alone to numb by myself. They had a lot of stuffed animals to stare at though, so I didn't mind. I asked to keep my teeth and the oral surgeon replied, "yeah, it's your teeth." I got my teeth back in a baggie like you see on here. Let's just say they're bad. Cavities are bad.
Before going home I had to grab my prescriptions, being medrol and amoxicillin. Since speaking was difficult, I just used my notes app to convey what I wanted to say to the pharmacy people behind the counter.
It took quite a while for me to actually get my blood clotted, I wanna say 3-4 hours. I took my meds. It's now 7:47pm CST. My fatigue came and went. I have nausea and chills that come and go. My jaw was very sore for a while and right now it's like nothing happened.
Anyone have an impacted wisdom tooth horizontal that they gotten taken out, really need to get it out soon as in it’s finally starting to give me a little problem. Like in my left ear and jaw
So I have this upper impacted wisdom tooth and I think it's causing me horrible headaches, neck pain, even fatigue. I'm wondering if anybody else has experienced any of these symptoms from an impacted upper wisdom tooth. It's causing my whole head to hurt like behind my eyes, where my temples are. Please let me know guys thank you!
Had a cracked tooth, developed Irreversible Pulpit (I think that’s what it’s called) the pain literally had me considering suicide I live in the UK and am a NHS patient I haven’t had my own dentist for years but the pain was the worst toothache I’ve ever had every single hour of every day most nights not sleeping only freezing cold water giving me relief, almost drowned myself after drinking 8 litres of water in a day, had sever cramps in my stomach where I had damaged my bladder or put it under tremendous stress. The tooth pain almost induced a psychosis in me. I finally had it removed 62 hours ago. It was a hour and 15 min procedure with only local anaesthetic not sedation, the dentist was great but slightly older and she was also quite frail and small so getting my tooth out was a serious struggle for her. She had to pull, attempt to twist it, push the metal screwdriver thing into the tooth to crack it, she tried wiggling it with the grippers then when that didn’t work she got the drill and stated just manually drilling into the tooth to break it apart and split it in half, when she couldn’t do that any longer she then drilled or sawed my jawbone away to loosen the tooth, this was about 45 mins in 💀 she was ready to give up and send me to the hospital there and then but I assured her I was so numb I didn’t really feel a thing so begged her to continue. After another 30 mins of drilling, pulling, wiggling, bone sawing and putting pressure on the tooth it finally came out. I almost fainted getting out of the chair my body was in complete shock I was shaking uncontrollably but wasn’t in pain but I think my immune system was destroyed due to the shock horror of what was happening. The dentist herself was shocked I sat through it and was really worried about me but I have no more suicide inducing pain so I’m happy I bit the bullet but I feel significantly traumatised I can’t stop thinking and talking about it I cried and had a breakdown a hour afterwards. The reason my tooth didn’t want to come out is because I’m mixed race Black/White and like the dentist said my bones are a lot stronger so my jaw didn’t want to let go of the tooth but like I said I’m significantly traumatised and wondered if anyone else on here can share their trauma and if there was any after care/support for this kinda thing
I got all 4 taken out with no sutures and im in the drive through smo pls lmk
Hey, I'm 16 yo currently, and I just recently got my MARPE expander off. I was told that my bottom wisdom teeth are coming and and would need to be removed after an x-ray the same day I got my expander off. I am terrified about getting my wisdom teeth removed. Which is more painful, getting the MARPE installed and taken out or getting wisdom teeth removed? Be honest and I am getting put under for the removal. Also any tips for the removal? My dad said to not sleep at all the night before so I can just instantly sleep through the surgery.
it hurts and i’m scared i don’t have a dentist rn
So stupidly haven’t been to the dentist in 5 years and started getting pain in my lower right molar when biting down an over a month ago, I went to the dentist. She didn’t see anything other than the wisdom tooth, so she referred me to the oral surgeon who noticed there was localized irritation on the gum of the second molar and recommended removal of the second molar but didn’t mention anything about the wisdom tooth should i get a second opinion and I know about the other side he said I don’t use that side for chewing so not to worry about it right now but It's still hurting when I bite down said to take ibuprofen should I get a second opinion don't have the best money situation right now and 500 dollars for a tooth😬
Sorry if im in the wrong sub but I’m in SO MUCH FUCKING PAIN rn and can’t think properly
I have 4 impacted wisdom teeth and my bottom left one is just causing so much pain to the point I’m losing sleep, having headaches, and gum swelling. I have to leave my country in early September for school and don’t know what to do. My dental insurance fucking sucks, my family is poor as shit, and I’ve been downing ibuprofen and aspirin like candy on rotation for 3 days. What should I do to deal with the pain, besides going to an emergency dentist or urgent care?
Update (14:21 on 8/18): got some 4x extra strength oragel so I’m gonna put it on and take a nap
Two at a time tho I don’t know how you people are doing all four.. at once
The sight of that big hole scares me to be honest. Concerned of dry socket but I dont feel any pain at all. No tissues forming either so I am half confused and worried. 11 days post op, whole got bigger when stitch fell off after I drank coke.
