I had bone graft surgery in my lower left for 2 missing teeth and the dentist used bone bank for the surgery. I was prescribed antibiotic and pain killers. However, It has been 12 days and the pain doesn't seem to alleviate. I went back to the dentist 8 days after the surgery to check if there are any problems and he said that it's healing well. I'm still having lots of pain after 12 days and the pain killers are not as effective as they initially were. I'm not sure if this normal.
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It is quite normal to see some blood oozing from a surgical site for the first 24hours. It is also normal to see some clotting. This should clear up by the second day.
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It is a serious problem if the bone graft is coming out with the stitches. Some particles of graft (similar to grains of sand) may come to the surface but there shouldn't be complete exposure of the site. If the graft gets exposed to the oral environment too early it becomes very u...