How To Prevent Getting A Dry Socket

More information on dry sockets and how to prevent them:

[jess_or_jessica]

Great, I was worried about a root canal & now I'm more scared of dry socket.

[dwightschrute]

Baffled that no dentists in real life tell you this! They’re advising to rinse the mouth 24 hrs post extraction which is a recipe for disaster

[LordZues]

literally zonked in my bed on painkillers worrying about dry socket, video was super helpful !! thank you

[spire]

At the end of the day, I think the most important thing you can do is just follow your dentist or surgeon's instructions. Every case is different. I was told to begin salt water rinses 24 hours following my extraction. However, I suspect that given my particular complications (partial bony impaction and acute infection on 38, soft tissue impaction and chronic infection on 48, ) my surgeon probably used synthetic bone grafts (I had sutures). Thus, the risk of dry socket was already minimal and the priority was on eliminating and preventing infection.

[WillCraigMusicUTube]

THIS WAS BETTER THAN THE DENTIST I JUST HAD DO MY WISDOM TEETH!!! THANK YOU

[homunculus]

got a dry socket now after having infected and damaged wisdom tooth removed. Been 10 days now and it hurts as hell. Just have to go through this till it heals xD

[shanegoldburn]

Dentist never gave me painkillers and paracetamol didn't help after having a tooth removed so I immediately had a few beers and bongs and everything was sweet.

[anonymoushuman]

My blood clot is loose and part of it fell off while i was rinsing with salt water.

[lovelynurse]

I ended up with dry socket after having an extraction 2 months ago. My tooth broke and they had to cut to remove the roots. My roots are very long and are in my sinus cavity. I did not have the terrible pain that people with dry socket complain of. I went back to dentist because of some pain and discomfort, nothing major. He checked it, announced I had dry socket and prescribed antibiotics and pain meds. I had to go back twice. Since then, I have had several bone shards and the extraction site is still open. The tooth was an upper first molar (I think). I just wonder why it won't heal.

[lonelytylenols]

is it possible to develop a dry socket 2 weeks after the extraction..? I've been fine all these days but now I suddenly have mild to moderate local pain as well as slight soreness on the corresponding side of my throat ..but no local or systemic signs of infection. I can't see an open socket there with my little mirror ..seems like there's tissue there but I wasn't able to see it fully since I don't have a dental mirror

[juniorwuttunee]

I just got one tooth removed 5 hours ago and they didn't give me me any painkillers

[dlc]

Smoking after a Wisdom Tooth Extraction: "If it becomes dislodged at any point, it can be very painful and lead to infection.
Besides the risk of dry socket, smoking also increases your risk of developing bacteria in your mouth that will attack your gums and weaken your body’s healing ability."
Question on the above, In addition to weaken the body's healing ability what other issues can arise? Can this ever be resolved and how?

[owenent]

If one were to get a dry socket, when would one experience the pain? And what happens if one is prescribed anti-biotics on the day of extraction?

[lui-merica]

is my 3 tooth pull, and is the first time I ear of this now im watching all the YouTube videos about this

[Babalutu]

Continuation: is it normal for my incisions to still occasionally ooze post op day 3? Its not much and it stops on its own. Pain is minimal if any at all. My face is still swollen but i expect it to be. Thanks!

[Outland]

So what if its the upper tooth that's been removed... gravity is going to be against it all the way... also eating? Im a weightlifter so I eat ALOT. Surely eating is a sure fire way to loose the clot?

[andypratt]

It has been six days since my wisdom tooth was pulled the the blood clot feel out on six day is that ok?

[lisamcintyre]

I have to have 30 teeth removed due to the disease I have atrophied my jaw bones. I’m so scared of dry sockets having this many teeth out at once.

[Knightkrawla]

it possible for the clot to slowly dissolve in the first week once the gums begin to close at the base of the extraction site?

[a.n]

is iodoform taken away if there is an allergy? How? dry socket.