Large white tissue thing?

[Shayla Brown]

I had a tooth extraction 3 days ago and this particular socket gives me the most pain. I checked earlier and found this white mass thing? is this the beginning stages of dry socket? please help, this has been the absolute worst tooth extraction experience I've had thus far and I just want it over with.

 

[MattKW]

No, looks more just like some sloughing tissue of no concern. You don't form dry scabs in the mouth because it's always wet, so you get this white appearance. A dry socket will have brown mucky stuff inside, smell terrible, taste crappy, and give you more pain than painkillers can tolerate. The good news is that they nearly always occur in lower teeth, in smokers. I'm guessing you're quite young and having extractions before braces? It is also very rare to have dry sockets in young people for these premolars.