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Medical Forum / General / Dentistry / August 2007Dry-Socket dressing just after tooth extracted
Hi, I went to dentist yesterday expecting to have this top back tooth extracted. I also needed some fillings on the top and a root canal on one of my top middle-two teeth. In the end I just had the tooth extracted then a root canal. Anyway, I was all numbed up on the top and the dentist started on the root canal for a bit, then decided she had to take the back tooth out, so she did. I was sent back in waiting room for a bit after the tooth was out, with the tube or whatever stuck in the root canal tooth, it was hard to even bite down on the tissue thing cause of the way the tube was. THen when I was called back in she finished the root canal off, and then put a dry-socket prevention thing in the extracted tooth. Now all is feeling fine now including the root canal tooth which I'm very happy with but I just dont know what to do with the dry-socket stuff in the hole. Do I just keep it in until it falls out on its own? It's exactly 24-hours since it happened and I just did the saltwater, and its still there but how can the hole be kept clean if that stuff is in there? Sorry if this makes no sense! I have an appointment on Tuesday for some more fillings, which is great cause if I get Dry Socket(and I had one earlier this year) at least I'll be able to get it treated. >It's exactly 24-hours since it happened and I just did the saltwater, >and its still there but how can the hole be kept clean if that stuff >is in there? Call the dentist and find out what exactly was placed in the socket. Hi, I called the Dentist this morning but it is her day off. The receptionist explained my problem to another dentist there and called me back. I missed the call so she left a message saying that the Dry-Socket dressing would dissolve on its own. I am pain-free now but how long should it be until the whole dressing is gone, its now 48-hours. >Hi, I called the Dentist this morning but it is her day off. The >receptionist explained my problem to another dentist there and called >me back. > >I missed the call so she left a message saying that the Dry-Socket >dressing would dissolve on its own. Did they say what was used ? Surgicel ? Gelfoam ? These resorb. >I am pain-free now but how long should it be until the whole dressing >is gone, its now 48-hours. Again, depends on exactly what was used as a 'dressing'. Much longer than 48 hrs if gelfoam or surgicel. > >Hi, I called the Dentist this morning but it is her day off. The > >receptionist explained my problem to another dentist there and called [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > Again, depends on exactly what was used as a 'dressing'. > Much longer than 48 hrs if gelfoam or surgicel. She never said... but when I used some saltwater last night a little came out, looks like tobacco if that helps. I have an appointment on Tuesday anyway, so if I get a Dry Socket at least I'll be seen. The hole is completely full but its that far in the corner I can hardly see it. It feels a little hard but I dont know if its bone or the Dry Socket stuff, or the Blood Clot! It's Day 3 now and I experience no pain or bad taste so all is alright I hope. On 16 Aug, 07:07, rourke_step...@yahoo.com wrote: > > >Hi, I called the Dentist this morning but it is her day off. The > > >receptionist explained my problem to another dentist there and called [quoted text clipped - 26 lines] > > - Show quoted text - Oh yeah, the only thing I've eaten since I got it out is yogurts, and the only thing I've drank is milk! At least no good can get stuck in there anyway. Alvogyl? > On 16 Aug, 07:07, rourke_step...@yahoo.com wrote: >> [quoted text clipped - 32 lines] > the only thing I've drank is milk! At least no good can get stuck in > there anyway. Yes, it sounds like alvogyl (esp the tobacco-like description...). Just follow your normal daily routine without worrying about the dressing. When the time is right it won't be there anymore. Regards, George > Yes, it sounds like alvogyl (esp the tobacco-like description...). > [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > Regards, > George Thanks, I can still taste the dry-socket dressing all the time though. It was worse this morning when I woke up, its the same taste since the day I got it extracted. It just seemed stronger... hopefully not mixed with dry-socket infection taste Thanks its now nearly day 11 and am completely pain free. Original dressing is still in but its getting looser every day which I think is a good thing. OK.... on Monday I went to my dentist to get a few lower teeth filled. 1 wisdom tooth, and another lower small one neasr the back. I got numbed up, and the dentist drilled out my old temporary filling fine, pain-free. After lots more drilling I started to get sharp nerve pains as though she was poking it or something. It was that bad I moved suddenly, and told her it was hurting, she said "the tooths dead, you need to behave" so I let her carry on a bit longer and then the same thing happened again, so she stopped and said "right, we wont do anymore treating today. you wont keep still" so I told her the nerve is hurting so she goes on again about the tooth being numbed, that the tooths dead and I've had previous infections in it. she said I was having no nerve pain. She said if it wasnt numb it would hurt constantly. So she just filled them up with what I think is a temporary fillings, and now my next appointment isnt for another couple of months(check-up). She couldve just numbed it up a bit more. I dont really know whether to go back because she was that mean when I complained off it hurting she'll probably be like that if it ever happens again. There's also a few more teeth that needed doing which she was planning to do but now my next appointment is a "check-up"
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