Is there a home remedy for a dry socket that won heal where I had a tooth pulled?
None of the side effects of clove oil (also called eugenol) are as nasty as the nagging pain of dry socket, but be warned that JUST A DAB WILL DO YA. If there is enough oil on the cotton or gauze pack that it drips, that is WAY too much. Don’t freak, an overdose will not cause any major problems, but the taste is unpleasent (rather clove-like) and if too much is swallowed it causes nausia. If any oil gets on your face during the process just rinse it off with cool water and apply some face lotion to stop the burning right away. No it does not burn in the dry socket once you pack it in there. For some reason it feels really good. You can leave it in for at least one minute, or I’ve heard up to a whole day if you wish. It really is powerful stuff, works great, and it’s nothing to be afraid of. Even if you do get a little nausia and burning face it doesn’t last long unlike the dry socket that nags and aches for ever and ever… ohhhh it sooo sucks!
I had this happen to me with a wisdom tooth (in fact, am in the process of having it happen). What I did is take about 3-4 aspirin, mash them up with a little water to make a paste. Then take a cotton ball and roll it around until it’s completely soaked. Wring it just a little bit, so it won’t be so bitter and sour in your mouth, and pack it lightly in your socket. Don’t shove it in there, but enough that the hole is sealed off. It started working for me in about 5-10 minutes and I felt so much better. I’ve noticed I have to change it every several hours because the cotton gets mushy or moves around to the wrong position, or after I eat sometimes. But it does work. Good luck.
I developed pain the 2nd day after having an extraction and thought my jaw was still sore from all the shots I had however, my symptoms fit those of a dry socket. It is the weekend so I cannot get in to see my dentist so I have being using ambesol which didnt really help. I went to the Dollar Tree today and found some generic oragel and now most of the severe pain is gone. I was going to the dentist in the morning to have him pack it but I believe unless I am in severe pain again in the morning, I am just going to keep using the oragel and just keep rinsing it out periodically in warm salt water.
i have now had 2 dry sockets after 2 extractions in the space of 2 months…I can honestly say I have never experienced such pain (and I am a mother!)…the best piece of advice I was given was to use anti-inflammatories (ie. brufen or voltarol). These helped alot more than paracetamol/aspirin altho i have to say at one point i was taking so much of everything in desperation i thought my kidneys would fail!!! I am getting the idea that most people will need something much stronger than over the counter medication. Clove oil certainly helps but diluted ie.2-3drops to half a tsp.of olive oil soaked in gauze….anything more will burn your mouth. I feel I ought to start some kind of helpline on this subject as there are an awful lot of desperate people out there!!!
