Dry Socket Question

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charasmatic_joker@yahoo.com - 26 Apr 2005 02:14 GMT

I had my #19 extracted today. I had a clot there earlier, and now it
is gone. What is there is white but soft, is this possibly some sort
of gauze the dentist or hygenist stuffed in the socket? If it is going
to be dry socket, how long before I should start experiencing the gut
wrenching pain I've heard people talk about?

thanks,
Nickolas

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charasmatic_joker@yahoo.com - 26 Apr 2005 02:26 GMT

Great, I just talked to my dentist. The white stuff is hemostatic
(sp?) guaze.
He says I am fine and shouldnt get a dry socket.

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carabelli - 26 Apr 2005 03:33 GMT

> Great, I just talked to my dentist. The white stuff is hemostatic
> (sp?) guaze.
> He says I am fine and shouldnt get a dry socket.

Isn't it nice to have a dentist that will take your call at night?

carabelli

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W_B - 26 Apr 2005 16:56 GMT

>Great, I just talked to my dentist. The white stuff is hemostatic
>(sp?) guaze.

could be gelfoam or surgicel.

>He says I am fine and shouldnt get a dry socket.

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W_B - 26 Apr 2005 16:58 GMT

>I had my #19 extracted today. I had a clot there earlier, and now it
>is gone. What is there is white but soft, is this possibly some sort
>of gauze the dentist or hygenist stuffed in the socket?

That is called a fibrin clot.
Leave it alone.

> If it is going
>to be dry socket, how long before I should start experiencing the gut
>wrenching pain I've heard people talk about?

Dry socket generally develops within three days.

The pain of dry socket is easy to treat, call the treating
dentist if pain develops that doesn't respond to your
pain medication.

>thanks,
>Nickolas

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