Dental Health : What Is a Dry Socket?
Dry sockets occur after a tooth extraction, in which the blood clot doesn’t fully form to protect the surrounding bone and tissue. Learn more about dentistry and dry sockets with help from a licensed dental assistant in this free video series on the dental profession.
Expert: Michelle McPhail
Contact: www.MySolutionz.com
Bio: Michelle McPhail has been a licensed dental assistant for more than seven years. She currently works at My Solutionz in Florida as the dental treatment coordinator.
Filmmaker: Christopher Rokosz
Duration : 0:1:34
December 3rd, 2009 at 4:22 am
your hot michelle!! …
your hot michelle!!!!!
December 3rd, 2009 at 4:22 am
i just got mine out …
i just got mine out 3 hours ago and My dentist told me Even if i dont smoke.. there is a chance you’ll still get dry socket anyway i guess its diffrnet for everyone im gunna try to smoke a ciggerette threw my nose cause im goin insaneeeee i havent aten or smoked or anything all day my mouths still numb
December 3rd, 2009 at 4:22 am
I have one question …
I have one question, not that I think it’s actually gonna be answered, but we’ll see.
What I want to know is why do so many dentists tell patients what a dry socket is but they don’t tell them how to fix it if they get caught on a weekend or if they’re away from their local dentist to be able to get it treated?
I searched for DAYS online before I finally found out how to fix the pain I was having (which I explained how to fix in my Dry Socket video).
Thanks in advance if you’re able to answer
December 3rd, 2009 at 4:22 am
I think that I am …
I think that I am dealing with it now. I am in so much pain and my ear is killing me. My left side is still swollen and my dentist did not give me anything for the pain. I stop smoking just so this didn’t happen and it did and now this really, really sucks.
December 3rd, 2009 at 4:22 am
i just had wisdom …
i just had wisdom teeth out. i took the liberty of making cous cous last night. it got tuck in one of the big holes left behind, and i had no choice but to take the vacuum hose to it. im in alot if pain. i hope its not a dry socket!
December 3rd, 2009 at 4:22 am
i had a dry socket …
i had a dry socket cause i can’t stop smoking and i am telling you it sucks. if you get a tooth pullled stop smoking. you do not know what pain is
December 3rd, 2009 at 4:22 am
I think i might …
I think i might have dry socket too, i dont expreience as much pain as i guess most do, but today i felt something wierd in my mouth (extraction site) and i looking in a lighted magnifying mirror to only see taht my blood clot has been dislodged =(. Hopefully i can go to the dentist tomorrow so this doesnt get worse. this sucks.
December 3rd, 2009 at 4:22 am
I have dry socket, …
I have dry socket, sucks dick.
December 3rd, 2009 at 4:22 am
Hope I don’t get …
Hope I don’t get one. Been doing good so far with eating, rinsing, icing, etc. Yesterday (when I got them out) I threw up after taking some Penecillin and having not eaten much and I bled after that. But everything else seems to be fine. Except for my left cheek has swelled up and looks freaky!
December 3rd, 2009 at 4:22 am
ya my ear hurts on …
ya my ear hurts on the side i have a dry socket too!! i feel like House for how much vicadin i’m popping to stop the pain
December 3rd, 2009 at 4:22 am
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December 3rd, 2009 at 4:22 am
“or else you will …
“or else you will get a dry socket”
Not . . . necessarily. I smoked immediately after getting a tooth out a few months back, and I didn’t get one.
December 3rd, 2009 at 4:22 am
My dentist didn’t …
My dentist didn’t give me any pain killers
December 3rd, 2009 at 4:22 am
THAT’S EXACTLY WHAT …
THAT’S EXACTLY WHAT I HAVE NOW.
did they call it a dry socket? I don’t feel too much pain, but there is some pain. Especially when I swallow…. why am I telling you this? But, did they say it was a dry socket? It’s been like 5 days and this is just now starting… fuck.
December 3rd, 2009 at 4:22 am
i just had my …
i just had my wisdom teeth out yesterday morning, and last night (4 hours ago) i could feel the blood clot slip out of the socket and i had to spit it out.
it doesn’t hurt very much right now, but is it a dry socket anyway just because it has lost its clot?
December 3rd, 2009 at 4:22 am
You’ll know when …
You’ll know when you have one because it’ll be painful, and it’s normal for small ammounts of bleeding to occur during the healing process, I had mine pulled 2 weeks ago, and theres still a small ammount of bleeding, but it’s normal. Don’t worry about it unless it’s really bleeding and/or painful when your not doing anything.
December 3rd, 2009 at 4:22 am
I got all of my …
I got all of my wisdom teeth pulled out last monday, and on sunday i figured out that i had a dry socket because it was so painful. You will know once you have it because your ears would be hurting and the pain would be on the side where it hurts the most too. Take care post op everyone because it hurts like crazy. But the treatment for it isnt so bad, the procedure is painful, but it will make everything better. =)
December 3rd, 2009 at 4:22 am
OMG!!! same! I got …
OMG!!! same! I got all 4 of mine out yesterday! but i’ve been eating yogurt the whole time and rinsing it with warm salt water though xD but I’m kind of nervous coz it didn’t bleed that much after putting the gauze and i still don’t feel any pain even if the numbness went away 30 minutes after the extraction…i can’t wait till tomorrow…coz that will determine everything. From swelling to the scary dry sockets!! ahhah
December 3rd, 2009 at 4:22 am
My brother and I …
My brother and I had our wisdom teeth pulled yesterday. I’m very worried that I might have a dry socket. My brother says that his sockets have filled with the clot, but I don’t think mine have. I rinsed out one of my sockets today because I had food stuck, and it feels like a clot has not been forming, and I’m really starting to panic, someone please help me out.
December 3rd, 2009 at 4:22 am
UP to two days is …
UP to two days is fine to be sore even normal. Bt between two and five if the pain becomes worse you need to see dentist. Yu will know if you have dry socket. I think I am getting ti and it SUCKS> Going to dentist tomoory!
December 3rd, 2009 at 4:22 am
I believe I might …
I believe I might get one. Three days since extraction and back of mouth very dry and beginning to friggin feel weird and kinda hurt!
December 3rd, 2009 at 4:22 am
ok i got a tooth …
ok i got a tooth pulled 2 days ago its still sore, what does this meas and what colour is the wound suposto be
December 3rd, 2009 at 4:22 am
mine were removed a …
mine were removed a week ago and now my upper left socket feels as if its full of air. its squishy kinda. I thought it was just swollen but it feels like a balloon and its really big. It doesn’t hurt at all. its protruding out the outside side.
December 3rd, 2009 at 4:22 am
Omg I have this now …
Omg I have this now, it sucks… I already had an infection in the area when they pulled my tooth out, and the doctor said that may have stopped the clot forming properly. I didn’t get a smell or anything just the pain, a temp and swelling in the area. They gave me penicillin and kick pain killers… has anyone else had this before?? It’s not nice hey! xx
December 3rd, 2009 at 4:22 am
ok i got my teeth …
ok i got my teeth pulled about 5 days ago, and a blood clot already formed and went away, now today i smoked my first cigarette, and i also drank soda trough a straw, which i understand is also dangerous, does anybody know if ill be ok?