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When you get a dry socket, does it hurt as soon as the clot falls?

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Dry Socket: It usually takes some time for the discomfort to set in, but there is not cut and dry rule, everyone is different. Just because what looks like a clot has come out, doesn't mean there still isn't some left inside the socket, enough to keep things ok.

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Answered 9/15/2015

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