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What can i do for my dry socket without going to a doctor?

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I can not help you: Need more information, which socket you talking about?

Answered 2/15/2012

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Dr. Ralph Morgan Lewis answered

Specializes in Family Medicine

Dry socket: See your dentist/oral surgeon again. Dry socket occurs when the blood clot at the dental extraction site is dislodged or dissolves prior to wound healing. Pain results from exposure of the bone & nerves. Otc treatment is inadequate for the problem. The surgeon will remove food particles and pack the wound with a medicated dressing that may have to be changed every few days. He can rx pain meds.

Answered 7/20/2012

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Not much: A dry socket will present as intense/increasing pain typically 48 hours after a tooth extraction. It is caused by exposed bone in an area that has lost it's blood clot. Treatment is to have a medicated dressing placed into the affected area. Antibiotics will not help a dry socket. Some patients have 'waited out the pain' without seeing their surgeon; i would not recommend that course of action.

Answered 5/4/2016

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