Re: still sore and swollen 3 days after having tooth extraction
you poor poor thing - I have had dry socket twice and it has given me a phobia of dentists. I now pay for a private one which i can't afford but he is nice to me. I managed to stop smoking after the first dry socket as it scared me so much but still got it again.. Only thing i would say is that i am not longer in pain and you will get better.
Re: still sore and swollen 3 days after having tooth extraction
Ah, I see you've already found out that you have dry socket, I was going to post to say that this could be what you were suffering from. I've never had it, but have heard (on a dental forum I visit) that it is like no other pain on earth, if you think you have had bad toothache...then supposedly this is a step beyond anything you can imagine. I guess you know that already though :roflmao: It means that the socket where the tooth was removed had no blood clot protecting it and your bone and all the nerves there were exposed.