What is the treatment for dry socket?

Answer 1

the best treatment home treatment is basically the same you will get at you dentist office. Go to Walgreen's and ask for the red cross extraction pain kit' it contains a small vial with Eugenol the same compound dentist use for dry socket pain. I have used it .Its the only thing that will work. Use a very small piece of a cotton ball soak it in eugenol and with a small tweezers try to insert it in the socket. Pain will go away quick.

Answer 2

If it's a true dry socket, you should go into the dentist. They will have medicines to put in there to make it feel better.

You can also try biting on tea bags. But as soon as you remove the tea bag, it will hurt again. Get the tea bag a little wet and put over the whole and bit firm, but gently.

Dry Socket Pain. Hadn't ever heard of it but now am an expert. Developed dry socket 24 hrs after extraction of largest lower molar 12 days ago. Had the socket packed twice in the meantime with no relief (in fact it was so painful having it irrigated and cleaned then packed it was a relief when the usual pain came back) am at my wit's end. No prescribed painkillers have taken the pain away and it is mostly the pain in my ear and under my chin now which is the worst. I am reading everything I can find on this and beginning to think I am doomed. I read somewhere it can take months to heal and that the pain can be continuous throughout?

I had dry socket after wisdom tooth removed in Mexico. Dentist, I think, anticipated this problem and sent me home with an anti biotic designed for bone and the paticular germs that are in the mouth and a strong analgesic. Without this I would have freaked as I knew nothing about Dry Socket. From what I have read it is very dificult to get away from the pain of dry socket. And, as the poster stated about the treatment is worse than the cure. The good news is that give it a week and the hole should close up and the pain go away.

Answer 3

For heaven's sake -- go to the dentist. The infection that can come along with dry sockets can be very dangerous. There aren't any easy solutions to the pain except for the DDS to pack the hole with medicated gauze and put you on antibiotics.

Answer 4

A dry socket occurs when the blood clot is removed from the socket before healing occurs. It produces acute pain, usually 2 to 3 days after the extraction that does not disappear using painkillers. It is often accompanied with halitosis or "bad breath". To treat it you must go to the dentist and he will place in the socket specific medicament like "alvogyl" which has calming and healing properties. He will also advise to continue using antibiotic coverage during 5-7 days and a clorhexidine rinse.

Answer 5

A dry socket is extremely painful and the only way to get rid of it is to go back to the dentist. Your dentist will clean the socket and pack the open area with a medicated dressing and you will have to go in every day until it is healed.

Answer 6

GO BACK TO YOUR DENTIST. THEY WILL NORMALLY REPACK THE SOCKET.

Answer 7

When I got it I had to go to my surgeon and he cleaned my mouth in a very painful way. He numbed me up, cut my gums open, then vacuumed out some junk and called it good.

Answer 8

A dental cement is packed over the hole and a temporary cap is placed over the cement