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| Resuming Normal Dental Routine |  As a rule, you can return to the normal eating on the next day, or if not by then, as soon as it is comfortable. Tenderly rinse your mouth with warm salt water three times a day. To prepare this water for rinsing you have to put a teaspoon of salt in a cup of warm water. Then gently rinse, swish, and spit. Besides you should also rinse gently after meals. This assists keep food out of the extraction site.
It is very important to begin again your normal dental routine after 24 hours. This should comprise brushing your teeth and tongue and flossing at least once a day. This will expedite healing and help keep your breath and mouth fresh. Contact your dental office right away if you have heavy bleeding, severe pain, sustained swelling after two or three days, or a reaction to the medication. In a few days, you will be feeling fine and can recommence your normal activities.
Dry socket is an infection in your tooth socket after a tooth is extracted. As a rule, the condition develops when a blood clot fails to form in the socket, or if the blood clot comes loose. Dry socket happens in about 5 percent of all tooth extractions.
Usually, the blood clot that creates after a tooth is removed assists in healing, creating the foundation for the growth of new bone tissue. When dry socket happens, this blood clot is lost and the infected, inflamed socket appears empty - hence the name. Nerves are exposed, and sometimes the bone is visible in the empty socket.
You may not have symptoms until 3 to 5 days following the extraction. In such case, the condition will turn out to be obvious itself as severe pain that doesn't cease, often accompanied by what feels like an earache. Besides, you may have an unpleasant taste in your mouth, and bad breath. If you notice any symptoms of dry socket, don’t waste your time and contact your dentist right away. As a rule, cure for dry socket comprises a gentle rinsing of the socket and dressing the socket with tranquilizer medicine.
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