Hi Nicole,
Yes, it is normal to still be tasting blood and have an awful taste or smell coming from your mouth. Why? Because you have 2 open surgical wounds...all normal part of healing. Are you rinsing with warm salt water?
The blood from your nose may be due to swallowing some blood and it pushed up into your sinus when you blew your nose. Not to worry about this.
The adjacent tooth #29 may be sore for awhile because it shares the same bundle of nerves and ligaments that have been traumatized during the extraction of the other teeth. These things take time to calm down. The only added concern is that since this tooth is root canaled, the bacteria surrounding the root may have been stirred up which could also cause it to be sore and achy. It would be wise to have this tooth monitored periodically with an xray.
The incision will heal closed. This was done to gain access to that tooth in an attempt to cause the least amount of trauma to the jawbone.
It sounds like you're healing ok. Let us know what the surgeon says on thursday.
Bryanna
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Originally Posted by Dry socket girl
Hi Bryanna,
Day 5 and no excruciating pain in either socket.. Yes !!!
But it is still sore, tight, and at times throbs a little. I woke up this morning tasting blood and when I spit out it was a little brown in my saliva but when I felt congested I pushed out the mucus from my nose and there was a little blood there so I am thinking maybe a little from the sites and sinuses. I know they are bottom teeth so the sinus is not related but it could be from the dryness in the house.
Is it normal to still have that AWFUL blood taste 5 days later? The sites look ok. They have some dark gray but no white on them. The tooth next to 30 is sore I guess that is normal though it was a RC tooth done a while ago. No more RC'S for me, I am done with them. I will hope the ones i have left will last, if not partials will be my alternative.
I see OS on Thursday to have the stitch taken out. Where 31 was in the back gum there is an incision and it is open (like a cut on your finger). It is the really soft part of your gum that goes up. Will this eventually close itself or will it remain like that?
Ugg I hate extractions they are so traumatic for me at least. I am hoping that this is all normal and there is no infection though if there was I think I would be in real pain, not discomfort. Is that right. Like I said it was only 5 days ago and it was a double extraction right next to one another. It is still sore it has not gotten worse, a little better. My gums feel a little big but again I think it just might all be related to tightness. I hope I am not driving you crazy. I am emotional today (no it is not that lol). Just want this ordeal to heal and I want to move on.I am sure this is not anything to be concerned about it is just that since August I have been dealing with mouth discomfort and been through so much that i want a break and I hope in the coming days things will die down.
Thanks Bryanna
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