I am so afraid of getting dry socket. I got my wisdom teeth pulled today and there are white spots where....?

the teeth got cut out (they were impacted), and when you barely press on the white spots air comes out. Could it be dry socket? I just got them pulled today and I have been doing everything the dentist told me to. I really dont want to get dry socket. :-(

I am so afraid of getting dry socket. I got my wisdom teeth pulled today and there are white spots where....?
You shouldn't be pressing on or playing with anything around your tooth sockets at this point. Dry socket happens when a clot won't form and , if you keep playing with your sockets, your blood won't flow and clot. Everything takes 10 days to heal intraorally so give it some time. Don't pick at it with your fingers or play with the sockets with your tongue, don't drink from a straw or make any type of sucking gestures, don't chew or brush on or near the sockets, don't spit, and keep everything as clean as possible around the area and you should be okay. If you had dry socket, you would know. The pain is excrutiating. If you are uncomfortable with these air sacks, have your dentist check them out asap.
Reply:you just had them extracted today..............relax, it's going to be ok. Dry socket is very.very painfull. Do not suck through a straw, drink anything hot or spicy, no rinses today and no smoking!!!!! Eat soft foods like eggs, pudding, icecream etc. No spitting. You will be just fine, give it a couple of days, you will be sore, it's normal. If you have any concerns, contact your DDS. Good luck to you.you will be just fine.
Reply:A dry socket refers to the spot in the jaw bone where the tooth used to be, where there is now a hole in the bone- that's the tooth socket. When a tooth is pulled, the bone will bleed at that spot, and form a large clot to seal off that area of the bone. If for some reason the clot is dislodged and lost, the spot of bone becomes open to the air and loses moisture the bone needs. It dehydrates, and the result is a lot of pain. It takes a few days to have this happen, since you just had the tooth pulled, you don't have a dry socket. The white spots you are seeing are areas of the gum which have either no blood supply or very little. It's normal to see at this stage in the game. For starters, keep your fingers out of the spots because your fingers can introduce an infection you don't need, and you can dislodge that clot yourself by accident and give yourself a dry socket. Continue to follow the directions the dentist gave you for the post op care. Don't be sucking through a straw, or sucking on dry candy. Rinse your mouth gently after you eat, brush gently and floss- taking care not to be hitting the holes in the gum. Drink lots of fluids to keep the mouth moist. And avoid using those toothpastes with peroxide in them, which can bubble that clot out. If you develop a dry socket, it normally happens after a couple days, once the worst of the swelling and pain have gone down. You will notice a sudden increase of pain on one side, sometimes in a specific spot. If that happens, just go back to the dentist. They will put some packing material in the spot, or some medication to replace the clot seal, and the pain will go away again. Sometimes, despite all your care, you can still develop a dry socket. While it's painful, it's easy to fix and doesn't particularly hurt anything in the long run. So relax and follow the directions you have. More than likely you'll heal and do just fine. Meantime, keep your fingers and tongue out of the holes left behind.
Reply:Simply


Don't think about it


Just follow your dentist instructions


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so no pain and no inflamation



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