Hi Miniminion,
The dry socket is suppose to be treated more than once. The impregnated packing material that is put in the socket is not meant to stay in there for more than a day or two without being changed. So if you have not gone back to the oral surgeon, you need to.
The red lump inside the socket could be a cyst or a large area of granulomous tissue which could prevent the site from healing. It needs to be evaluated by the surgeon.
Let us know how you're doing...
Bryanna
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Originally Posted by Miniminion
I had an upper molar extracted (after abcess and fractured) 2 weeks ago which developed into an infected  dry socket which I had packed and a further course of antibiotics for.
Please could anyone advise what a healing dry socket should look like? At present it looks like there is a raised red lump where the tooth was pulled, it does not look like gum 😒 is that normal?
I am also still having pain and numbness but believe this could take a while to resolve.
Thanks in advance x |