Dry socket is a severe pain that occurs 2~3 days after tooth extraction and can radiate to the surrounding area, which cannot be stopped by general pain medication, as follows.
Dry socket is a kind of post-extraction complication, which manifests as severe pain 2~3 days after tooth extraction and can radiate to the top of the head, ear-temporal and mandibular areas, and general pain medications cannot stop the pain. The extraction socket may be empty or have a rotting necrotic blood clot.
The reason for having severe pain in dry sockets is not clearly established, it may be caused by exposure of nerve endings to various stimuli, it may be caused by kinin production and action on perivascular chemoreceptors, or it may be caused by neuritis.
If you experience any of these symptoms, it is recommended that you visit a hospital and receive early professional treatment.