Dry socket from wisdom tooth extraction
Added: June 16, 2006 - 5:59 PM
By: Patient Email Withheld, Jonesboro Arkansas, TN
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Case Summary
Teeth: 17
Last Full Mouth X-Ray: 4 yrs ago
Last Cleaning: 1 yr ago
Case Description
i developed dry socket from my wisdom tooth extraction and returned to my dentist to have it taken care of. He diagnosed the dry socket and said that he would need to put a pack in it for the next 3 days in a row and i would have to return to him for those days plus the next to have the packing removed. i told him that i could not afford to drive that much (it was about 50 miles one way). plus i had to work those days. so he went ahead and did the 1st pack and gave me antibiotics. I have been on the medicine now for 4 days and of course i took that pack out on my own, will my mouth heal with antibiotics alone?
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