What causes drysocket?!
Question: After my wisdom teeth were removed last week someone told me not to spit. Is that what causes drysocket?
Answers: After my wisdom teeth were removed last week someone told me not to spit. Is that what causes drysocket?
Any socket in which a patient is having pain due to the loss of the blood clot thus exposing the bone to air, food, and fluids along with an offensive odor. This often occurs two or more days after an extraction and can last about 5-6 days. It is normal to have soreness and discomfort following an extraction.
This condition is most often found:
1. In individuals who smoke before their recommended time. Smoking: decreases healing, decrease blood supply to the protective blood clot, brings toxic products to the area, injuries the gum tissue and the negative pressure of sucking removes the blood clot from the surgery site.
2. If you do not care for your extraction site as instructed by staff.
3. Not following your home care instruction.
4. Sucking action from smoking, sneezing, coughing, spitting or sucking, within the first 24 hours.
5. Women taking oral contraceptives are more susceptible.
the blood does not clot. when you suck it does something to the clot,like smoking drinking from a straw