Dry socket - will it get me? | Mumsnet

Please or to access all these features Add post Watch this thread Save thread Start a new thread Flip threadHide thread My feed Saved Active Unanswered threads Getting started FAQ's Unanswered threads Acronyms Talk guidelines Hide shortcut buttons Talk Active My feed Saved Last hour Talk > AIBU? AIBU? Flip 20 replies TotHappy · 21/12/2023 01:12 I had a tooth extracted 9 days ago. Fretted hugely about dry socket and kept monitoring it etc. It soon developed whitish gunky stuff on top which I took to be granulation tissue. At about day 5 started to feel better and less sore but then started getting worse again. Pain was fully controllable with ibuprofen and mostly in surrounding gums rather than socket. Then the white accumulated layer fell off while brushing my teeth. Underneath looked a kind of murky black, definitely couldn't see bone. But I was alarmed that it had fallen off and thought with pain getting worse it might be an infection so rang the dentist.Saw her this morning. She num...