Bryanna,

Thank you for your advice! I went to a different dentist because I moved back to my college town between getting my teeth removed and having the socket complications. Also my oral surgeon told me exercising and playing trombone would be perfectly fine after 48 hours, so I didn't think it'd be worth traveling back to my hometown to hear his advice, though I did call the clinic and was told there wasn't much that could be done.

I've already taken some of the antibiotic prescription -- is it safe to stop taking it even though I've already started? The dentist prescribed amoxicillin just in case he was wrong about the clots being pushed into their sockets (in which case they'd be dry sockets, but they probably aren't because it isn't extremely painful). Surely the clots are formed and somewhat hardened by now (I've worked out extensively without damaging any), so my thinking is I can't do much further damage to them by playing trombone.