Pennye,
This is your previous post....
<<<<I am filled with anxiety and to the point of panic. I had a tooth pulled 19 days ago, it was a broken at the gum premolar with a prior root canal. Had to tooth pulled, seems I am a slow healer 47 yrs old. I have been tasting a salt like taste the whole time after the extraction, according to the dentist because I smoke and the taste was the "scab" inside getting hot. OK so going forward to tonight, I have had the sneezes spring allergies, I forgot to open my mouth to sneeze and I sneezed and have a huge amount of that taste of "salt", I grabbed a tissue to wipe the "salt off my toungue and its blood!!, I looked in the mirror and the socket is blood. No pain thank god, I have no idea what to do or who to talk to ......any help would be awsome. I have a fear of dentist to the extreme of feeling faint>>>
Pennye, I'm a bit confused here. IMO, what you described above is not anything similar to what you have re written about your findings online that state what is normal for 7-14 days post op.
I assume you explained to the oral surgeon in detail what you have experienced. If so, then I assume your dentist figures this incident is "expected" because the site is not healing the way it "normally" would in a non smoker.
Your case is typical in that patients who continue to smoke post-operatively tend to have complications during the healing phase and they do take longer to heal.
I wish you all the best.
Bryanna
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Originally Posted by pennye
I just called the office and was told what I thought to be. Its normal and there is nothing to be done but sit back and wait for the healing. I had a huge piece of gelfoam in the extraction site and stitches. This put me behind in the healing time, it took time for the gelfoam to melt. I found an awsome piece of info which is very informing.
Extraction site healing - Weeks 1 and 2.
What will you notice?
During the first two weeks after your surgery, you should notice that the gum tissue that surrounds your extraction site has completed a significant amount of healing. (As a point of reference, it's usually considered that enough gum tissue healing has taken place by days 7 through 10 that stitches can be removed.)
Especially toward the end of this time frame, you should find that the site really isn't much of a problem or bother. However, the relative amount of healing that's been able to take place will be influenced by the initial size of the wound. Wider and deeper wounds require a greater amount of time to fill in and close.
Restrictions on activities.
It is important to understand that the tissue that initially forms during the healing process is quite vascular (contains a large number of blood vessels). So, if you inadvertently traumatize it (like with food or while brushing), you can expect it to bleed easily. You can also expect this newly formed tissue to be tender when accidentally touched or prodded.
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