Tooth #18 extraction with one bone graft (previously root canal treated): Pain 3.5 days post.

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Had #18 extracted Thurs d/t infection to side of tooth. Dentist removed(had to section it & root was "curved"), cleaned out cyst, grafted, sutured & placed goopy item: referred to as a membrane (collagen?) Collagen came off at 36 hrs & sutures now coming undone (84 hrs). Dentist told yesterday: peridex BID ordered. Pain in line w/ expectations until today. 650 mg Tylenol: ineffective. 325 mg Tylenol w/ 600 mg of Motrin: better. Going back to dentist tmrw. What should concerns and questions be?

Amber Garcia, DDS · Answer

Your concerns would be infection or dry socket. A dry socket after bone grafting is very rare. I doubt that's what's happening. It is possible some of the bacteria was still in the socket and is causing an infection. Or it could be normal post operative pain. You just had a body part removed. If you had a toe cut off, you would still expect pain 3 days later. Make sure you're eating soft diet so that nothing hard can injure that area.

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Tooth #18 extraction with one bone graft (previously root canal treated): Pain 3.5 days post.

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