Dry socket symptoms usually appear after 2-3 days after tooth extraction, severe pain, usually eat painkillers can not be relieved, the extraction socket foul odor, red and swollen gums.
1. Intense pain: dry socket is an acute infection of the extraction wound, generally common in the extraction of mandibular wisdom teeth, 2-3 days after the extraction of teeth, intense pain, radiating to the ear temporal region, submandibular region and the head, and generally can not be relieved by taking painkillers.
2. Bad smell: the empty socket of the extracted tooth contains blood clots that are corrupted and necrotic, and the necrotic material will emit a bad smell.
3. Red and swollen gums: there will be obvious pain when the probe touches the bone surface, and the gums around the extraction socket are obviously red and swollen, which may be accompanied by the swelling of local lymph nodes.
Once there are dry socket symptoms, it is recommended to consult a doctor in a timely manner, under the guidance of the doctor, thorough debridement, repeated rinsing, placement of anti-inflammatory drugs, and so on the alveolar socket bone wall is covered with granulation tissue, then gradually healing.