Symptoms of dry socket syndrome include pain, blood clots in the socket, and enlarged submandibular lymph nodes.
1. Pain: The pain usually occurs 2 to 3 days after tooth extraction and is more intense, radiating to the top of the head, ear temporal area and submandibular area, and cannot be relieved by general painkillers.
2. Blood clots in the alveolar socket: there may be grayish-white blood clots in the alveolar socket with corruption and degeneration. The necrotic material covering the wall of the alveolar fossa has a bad odor, and the bone surface can be touched directly with a probe and has sharp pain.
3. Enlargement of submandibular lymph nodes: there may be enlarged lymph nodes in the submandibular area with pressure and pain, no obvious swelling in the maxillofacial area, and no obvious limitation of mouth opening.
If the above symptoms occur after tooth extraction, the patient should consult the doctor in time and standardize the treatment under the doctor’s guidance.