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Chances are it is normal. The dried blood and food that gets trapped in there will smell, and since you aren't brushing the socket it will start to smell. Rinse with warm salt water up to 5 times a day to help clean it out and prevent infection. If it continues then see your dentist to make sure it is not an infection.
The smell is normal after a tooth extraction, it doesn't necessarily mean a dry socket. The smell comes from the blood clot basically rotting before it can be covered over with gum tissue, and from dead bacteria and cells.
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What happens if food gets into a tooth extraction hole?
If you get food into a tooth extraction hole, it can cause pain, infection, and decrease the healing time. Your doctor should have given you a syringe that you can use to squirt water into the hole to get any food out.
Can you get drysocket in a baby tooth after extraction?
Not usually because there is usually a permanent tooth right below it under the surface. A lot of times you can even see the new tooth. Dry sockets usually happen when there is a deep hole after an extraction of a permanent tooth.
Can a upper tooth extraction effect sinus?
Yes, the extraction of an upper tooth can affect the sinuses.
Can you get a massage after your tooth extraction?
No
Is your tooth extraction infected?
A tooth extraction can get an infection. A dentist or doctor will have to prescribe antibiotics to help clear the infection.
In the game of Cribbage can you peg out of the stink hole?
YES you can....There is no such thing as gettin stuck in the stink hole...
What is the hole in a tooth?
cavity is the hole in tooth
Can you show me the instructions for after care of an extraction?
It depends on what kind of extraction you are speaking of. Is it a tooth extraction? A menstrual or abortion extraction?
what are the types of tooth extraction process?
Tooth extraction is a painless procedure, but they come as either simple extractions or surgical extractions
How is extraction used in a sentence?
the tooth extraction was done by an oral surgeon. (:
How long does a tooth extraction hole stay open?
The blood clot may stay in the root or hole of the extracted tooth for as long as two to four weeks, it all is determined by what type of tooth was extracted. Your best bet is to follow the rinsing directions of your dentist and all will go as directed.
What is a pull out proceedure?
Tooth extraction
