Dry Socket and Birth Control
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Hey everyone,
I got all four of my wisdom teeth removed last Wednesday, the 9th of August. The extraction went fine, I was in hella lot of pain onces the anesthesia wore off that afternoon. Yesterday and today (Monday and Tuesday) I noticed that the left side of my mouth was hurting a great deal more than my right. And tonight at work, I was in such excruciating pain that I had to leave early, run home, and take a Vicodin that my oral surgeon had prescribed. After talking it over with my mother, I think I have dry socket. And I only have three more Vicodin pills left. I am going to call my oral surgeon as soon as they open in the morning.
What does dry socket have to do with vaginas? Well, I googled dry socket and found this website. According to them, oral contraceptives increase the risk of dry socket and excessive pain. However, I am not on oral birth control. I'm on the NuvaRing.
Could it be the birth control hormones in general increase the risk of dry socket?
I feel like my oral surgeon should I have said something about this. I mean, if I'd known that being on birth control could have caused me unnecessary pain when having my wisdom teeth removed, I probably would have gone off of it for a month or so (since I don't use it for contraceptive purposes right now).
Also, has anyone in the community had experience with dry socket? Do they prescribe an antibiotic to help deal with it? If so, I will get a yeast infection. And that will just make everything ten times worse.
Any suggestions to help with the pain, insight into the BC and dry socket mystery, or general words of whatever are welcome.
Thank you.
I got all four of my wisdom teeth removed last Wednesday, the 9th of August. The extraction went fine, I was in hella lot of pain onces the anesthesia wore off that afternoon. Yesterday and today (Monday and Tuesday) I noticed that the left side of my mouth was hurting a great deal more than my right. And tonight at work, I was in such excruciating pain that I had to leave early, run home, and take a Vicodin that my oral surgeon had prescribed. After talking it over with my mother, I think I have dry socket. And I only have three more Vicodin pills left. I am going to call my oral surgeon as soon as they open in the morning.
What does dry socket have to do with vaginas? Well, I googled dry socket and found this website. According to them, oral contraceptives increase the risk of dry socket and excessive pain. However, I am not on oral birth control. I'm on the NuvaRing.
Could it be the birth control hormones in general increase the risk of dry socket?
I feel like my oral surgeon should I have said something about this. I mean, if I'd known that being on birth control could have caused me unnecessary pain when having my wisdom teeth removed, I probably would have gone off of it for a month or so (since I don't use it for contraceptive purposes right now).
Also, has anyone in the community had experience with dry socket? Do they prescribe an antibiotic to help deal with it? If so, I will get a yeast infection. And that will just make everything ten times worse.
Any suggestions to help with the pain, insight into the BC and dry socket mystery, or general words of whatever are welcome.
Thank you.
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Date: 2006-08-16 04:51 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-08-16 04:55 am (UTC)That sucks that your oral surgeon was like that. Medical professionals should take their patients health seriously... and that includes their sexual and mental health. And getting pregnant because you took antibiotics to prevent infection after getting your wisdom teeth out would be detrimental to your health.
I hate doctors who have poor bedside manners.
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Date: 2006-08-16 04:57 am (UTC)I was asked at the time by my oral surgeon if I was on HBC, and I was. He did warn me that HBC might contribute to dry sockets before I had the surgery. He also said that smoking cigarettes might contribute as well. Those were the only two things he mentioned. And I sent home from surgery with prescriptions for an antibiotic and Vicodin.
Clove extract was immensely helpful. It's available at hippy grocery stores. A drop or so on a cotton ball held lightly in place for a minute of so would give me relief for an hour or more. Plus staying hydrated -- like drinking 24 ounces of water an hour -- really really helped. They are *dry* sockets after all!
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Date: 2006-08-16 05:00 am (UTC)I also have Oragel for my canker sores when I get super stressed. I wonder if that would be okay to put back there in my hole.
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Date: 2006-08-16 11:28 am (UTC)Best of luck.
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Date: 2006-08-16 05:16 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-08-16 05:24 am (UTC)Thanks!
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Date: 2006-08-16 06:03 am (UTC)When I had a dry socket, my dentist packed it with special gauze treated with all sorts of nice-smelling stuff- clove oil, oil of wintergreen, eugenol (thyme extract), and aspirin. Perhaps your oral surgeon will pack yours with something similar- It really took off my pain and I was on 2 Vicodin every 6hours for the pain. Most have some form of medicated dry socket packing that they can use. Ice may help you too.
I had antibiotics for my dry sockets but that's because my dentist always prescribes them after any dental work that involves drilling/cutting/pulling teeth.
I feel really bad for you. Mine knocked me on my butt for a week. Feel better soon! :D
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Date: 2006-08-16 06:13 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-08-16 06:22 am (UTC)Your doc should have warned you. Luckily for me it didn't cause too much extra discomfort, in addition to the pain meds I was on, I just rinsed salty water in my mouth.
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Date: 2006-08-16 06:51 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-08-16 07:03 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-08-16 11:42 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-08-16 01:55 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-08-16 12:09 pm (UTC)Call you oral surgeon and they "pack" your dry socket.
Goodluck and hope everything goes well =)
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Date: 2006-08-16 12:34 pm (UTC)Hello fellow 2_lines-er! Nuva-ring sure is nifty, isn't it? :) I hope you feel better soon.
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Date: 2006-08-16 02:52 pm (UTC)dry sockets
Date: 2006-08-16 02:46 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-08-16 04:20 pm (UTC)If you did tell them, well then definitely complain about you not being told that possible side effect and get them to treat your pain. Good luck!
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Date: 2006-08-16 04:24 pm (UTC)I feel like they should have said, "Hey, there's an extra risk of getting dry socket if you are on HBC. Just an fyi, since you're our patient and we don't want you to miss work for two weeks or being in unnecessary pain."
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Date: 2006-08-16 11:34 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-08-16 04:52 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-08-17 02:22 am (UTC)You'll need to go to the dentist or surgeon for that. The antibiotic won't help with the pain; that's just to prevent oral infection. They'll put some kind of dressing over the wound that will significantly reduce the pain.
I don't know what that dressing was but it was some kind of ... thing... coating the socket. Don't wait, I'm sure this sort of thing happens all the time.
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Date: 2006-08-17 06:52 am (UTC)