Blood from tooth extraction?!
Question:
Blood from tooth extraction?
I had 2 teeth extracted on Saturday (so 3 days ago now). It was a very difficult extraction & they did stitch it up. It took approximately 7 hours before it finally stopped bleeding for the most part, than for about another 12 hours it bled very slightly to where I didn't have to keep gauze in my mouth constantly. If I put a gauze pad in my mouth & put it up against the extraction site & hold it there for a couple of seconds than take it out, it has just a very small drop or two of blood, not enough to where I have to keep using gauze though. My pain hasn't increased but hasn't really decreased much, however the dentist said he expected me to be in pain for a while & even gave me some hydrocone today as the ibuprofen 800mg he originally gave me wasn't doing no good & I ran out of those as it was. Since the pain hasn't increased I don't believe I have dry socket. From my last extractions in past I was in pain for about a week. My question is, is the blood drops on the gauze normal?
Answers:
if you had a dry sockett, you would be in a lot more pain. So I think you are safe there. The drops of blood are normal to healing, especially if it was surgical. Also when you eat, the food can mess with the blood clot forming and cause the drips of blood. I would not worry about it