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What causes a painful lump in the gums after molar extraction?
Query: Hello doctor, I am a 65-year-old woman. 10 days ago, I had molar 46 removed because of radicular caries. In the alveoli, the gum's buccal side is hard and forms a kind of lump that almost bridges the alveoli. On the jaw side, I feel a small hard lump under the skin, tender to the touch, but that ma... Read Full »
Answer: Hi, Welcome to icliniq.com. I had gone through your question, and I can understand your concern. It looks like because of too many antibiotics, you have got an antibioma. It is a hard swelling like condition because of overuse of antibiotics. Please upload a picture and provide some history, like... Read Full »
I feel severe pain after 10 days of extraction. Why?
Query: Hello doctor, I had a molar extracted 10 days ago, and I am now having severe pain. It was a simple extraction that did not even require stitches. I was prescribed Penicillin VK q.i.d for a week and a few tabs of TYL3, which did next to nothing. I had all four wisdom teeth out about 20 years ago wi... Read Full »
Answer: Hello doctor, I read your history, almost everything you have attempted. Still, I would recommend the following things. 1. Take Ibuprofen 600 mg three times, (8 hourly) a day, or if having severe pain, you can take it six hourly for three days. 2. Do salt gargles, i.e. take a cup of lukewarm water t... Read Full »
I had a dressing after extraction. When I am supposed to remove that?
Query: Hello doctor,I had a tooth extracted yesterday from the upper right side. Last night the blood clot fell out, so I was worried about getting a dry socket. I went back to the dentist this morning, and he said I did not have a dry socket and packed it with a nasty tasting dressing. I do not know what ... Read Full »
Answer: Hello, Welcome to icliniq.com. 1. The dressing packed in the socket should be a medicated one containing Zinc oxide eugenol. 2. This has to be wisely removed by the dentist in three days. And by fact, it is the dressing placed for dry sockets. 3. I advise you to continue with the antibiotics and... Read Full »
I have pain in the tooth socket even after six days of extraction. Why?
Query: Hello doctor, I had simple extraction of my second bottom tooth. It is day six today since I have removed. I was feeling major pain a few days ago but it is fading away day by day. I actually feel no pain in the morning but in the afternoon I feel discomfort. When can all this go away? I was expect... Read Full »
Answer: Hi, Welcome to icliniq.com. Yes, you should have been fine till now as advised by your dentist but that was when everything post-extraction would have been fine. Unfortunately, in your case, you have got dislodgement of the blood clot after the exaction was done and this condition is called as dry... Read Full »