chave982
Senior Cook
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Wow - really? You're not sucking on any straws are you?
Nope...no straws...just still slowly bleeding. I'm gonna call the office if its still bleeding tomorrow.
Wow - really? You're not sucking on any straws are you?
Actually, bleeding is a good thing, as it means the gums are healing over. It's when you get a "dry socket" that things get ugly. I had that when my wisdom teeth came out. One of the sockets (big one on the lower jaw) had no blood going to it, so it left the bare nerve exposed. Talk about pain! I never had so much ice cream and whiskey in one weekend, and it still did me no good!
Anyway, if you do get such a thing, get some Oil of Cloves from the pharmacy. It'll numb the pain immediately!! (Also good for canker sores, but very temporary, and can actually inflame them).
Fast healing, my friend!
Mind you, this has been many years ago, so I realize some things have changed since then. But they said that rinsing or gargling with peroxide would bubble out the clot/scab and prevent the healing. So when you say 'milder' are you talking about watered down peroxide? Just wondering after all these years that maybe that is what they told me and I was too high to tell the difference. Back then, they would give you halcyon before the extractions started.
How exactly do you avoid a dry socket?
That sounds like a good explanation to me kitchenelf.
The salt water rinses should help a lot too. I know that every time I lost a tooth that is what my mom had me do, and that is what I did when I had my wisdom teeth out. It doesn't taste as bad if you don't let it hit the front of your tongue any more than possible. And don't accidentally swallow it!
Barbara
Tell him to go hang out with friends who smoke and just get it 2nd hand--less chance of dry socket! (Just kidding, mostly--it would still be better than smoking and ending up with dry sockets)....He did and Kevin drove himself home and then called me to tell me it was out. Not smoking (HA!) will bother him. He will smoke anyway...