Get the real deal on beauty treatments—real doctors, real reviews, and real photos with real results.Here's how we earn your trust.
A dry socket following a dental extraction generally occurs early in the healing process. It is a very painful disruption of the blood clot in the bony socket, which is the primary stage of healing and occurs very soon after the first 24 hours of surgery creating a delay of the normal healing process. From what you describe, "no news is good news" five days along in the healing process.You oral surgeon should have also scheduled a post operative exam to check how your healing is progressing as well.
If you haven't had any pain yet, you are probably safe from a dry socket. If you are that paranoid, then visit the surgeon and let him see how the healing is going.
In my office we would perform all of the procedures at the same time. There is no reason to put you through multiple appointments when one visit is suffice. We would replace the fillings on the molars and following that extract the wisdom tooth. Hope this helps.
It can take longer than 1 week for the stitches to dissolve. Don't worry about that. If you find it uncomfortable, then I would recommend that you call the surgeon that removed your teeth and have him look at the area and remove the suture if necessary.
Your symptoms are classic for Acute Alveolar Osteitis or "Dry Socket". Of course without examining you this is only a VERY educated guess. "Dry Socket" is when you dislodge all or some of the blood clot in an extraction site or the clot breaks down on its own before it matures. This...
