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Originally Posted by Bryanna
Hi dydx1,
You will not necessarily get anything to come out of the socket each time you irrigate it. Frequently irrigating the socket will irritate it and slow down the healing. Also, if you do not eat on that side of your mouth, then it is not necessary to irrigate the site after every meal. You should however be rinsing 3-4 times a day with warm salt water until the surgical wounds close over with gum tissue.
Why did he prescribe an antibiotic? Did he say you have an infection? If you are not clear on that, please call his office and ask specifically if he thinks you have an infection. Do not let the reception nonchalantly tell you that it's okay to take the antibiotic... or since he prescribed the meds that it is to assume that you have an infection. You want that receptionist to ask the doctor very specifically if he thinks you have an infection.
Antibiotics are horribly over prescribed and should only be prescribed for infection. Many people assume that antibiotics are a benign medication, meaning no harm can come from taking them. The truth is that antibiotics can cause intestinal problems to occur that are not only uncomfortable but can lead to further intestinal problems that can be difficult to eradicate.
I cannot tell you if you need the antibiotic or not.... only the oral surgeon can as he evaluated you clinically.
I hope this information is helpful.
Bryanna
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Originally Posted by Bryanna
dydx,
That white spot could be the bone.... indicating a dry socket that needs to be treated by the oral surgeon. This indicates that the clot either did not form properly at the onset or it was disturbed early on.
You are not going to form a clot because the stuff oozing out is blood filled with bacteria. The site needs to be treated as I mentioned. He may need to debride the socket and get some blood flowing in there to deliberately form a new clot. That is not something you can achieve yourself at home.
Please go back and see the oral surgeon.
Bryanna
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Thank you so much Bryanna.
I had all 4 extracted at the hospital by a qualified oral surgeon. HOwever from here on out if I have difficulty the person who sees me is a oral surgeon resident (student?) as he takes all the emergency appointments or fit in appointments I guess. I called the nurse this morning and she told me my surgeon wasn't in today and didn't tell me when he would be in. I asked if I could have a follow up and that was her response. I think she's getting annoyed. I think he only works once a week so maybe tomorrow he would be in. Should I wait until then to go down?
Since he irrigated that problem socket I no longer have pain and the oozing is very minimal. I haven't been irrigating it myself because I have no confidence in doing so. I try to spray some salt warm water on it but am not confident digging into the wound that isn't healed.
Now, the problem is my OTHER lower socket (seems strange that this would happen since yesterday when I saw the resident) is oozing the way my left one was and I can feel some pressure/ mild pain but nothing that has required ibuprofen overnight.
Do I just let it ooze out? Do I go back down and see the resident today (nurse said he will just flush that one) or take my chances and wait until tomorrow and HOPEFULLY (but still maybe not) catch my actual surgeon.
I'm very panicky about this because I'm going home for the holidays in under a week. And am confused because my gut feeling was that the irrigating was going to leave me with more problems (that lower left socket seems to be "sunk" down a lot now compared to the one on the right that's oozing) which you also think too.
And thank you for the food suggestions. I guess I have somewhat been starving myself because I'm so paranoid about getting food in the infected wounds (and that I have braces and chewing is generally difficult anyway) but I need to take more chances.