still sore and swollen 3 days after having tooth extraction

[bonanne]

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.

[Carys]

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 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.