I've been extremely paranoid about dry socket since my wisdom teeth removal on the morning of the 15th this month. I'd rather ask here first because I think I might be worrying too much.
I had 4 impacted wisdom teeth and they used dissolvable stitches. I followed all care instructions very carefully, I don't smoke, I haven't used a straw, eaten crunchy food, used alchol mouthwashes, I'm not on birth control, I'm young (18), etc. so I know I'm not likely to develop it. Today one of the dissolvable stitches (bottom right) came out. When I look at the extraction site I don't see a blood clot, it's more open at the top than it was but it's still like an elongated crevasse, so I can't see far enough down to see bone. It hurts more than it did before but that could just be my paranoia.
Should I be concerned? Do you think a deep base tissue layer may have already formed?
I had 4 impacted wisdom teeth and they used dissolvable stitches. I followed all care instructions very carefully, I don't smoke, I haven't used a straw, eaten crunchy food, used alchol mouthwashes, I'm not on birth control, I'm young (18), etc. so I know I'm not likely to develop it. Today one of the dissolvable stitches (bottom right) came out. When I look at the extraction site I don't see a blood clot, it's more open at the top than it was but it's still like an elongated crevasse, so I can't see far enough down to see bone. It hurts more than it did before but that could just be my paranoia.
Should I be concerned? Do you think a deep base tissue layer may have already formed?