{"id":1296,"date":"2023-05-11T15:22:35","date_gmt":"2023-05-11T20:22:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nmgworks.com\/clients\/greer619\/blog\/?p=1296"},"modified":"2026-03-23T14:17:55","modified_gmt":"2026-03-23T19:17:55","slug":"dental-emergency","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sweetwatersmile.com\/blog\/dental-emergency\/","title":{"rendered":"Dental Emergency Foley"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dental Emergency<\/b><\/h1>\n

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Symptoms with Dry Socket<\/strong><\/p>\n

A dry socket is extremely painful and can happen if the blood following a tooth removal fails to clot or the clot dissolves too quickly.\u00a0 This is the most common complication with tooth extractions.\u00a0 Using over-the-counter meds will not be enough to help with the pain.\u00a0 You must see your dentist or oral surgeon for additional treatment to help relieve the pain.\u00a0 The pain occurs because the bone and nerves are exposed\u2014the blood clot is needed as a barrier of protection.<\/p>\n

Symptoms<\/h2>\n

Some signs and symptoms of dry socket may include the following:<\/p>\n

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  1. \u00a0Severe pain, 1 to 3 days after the tooth is removed.<\/li>\n
  2. \u00a0Partial or total loss of the blood clot.\u00a0 You may notice an empty-looking (dry) socket.<\/li>\n
  3. \u00a0The bone is visible in the socket<\/li>\n
  4. \u00a0Pain that will radiate from the socket to your ear, eye, temple, or neck on whatever side of the face the extraction occurred.<\/li>\n
  5. \u00a0Bad breath or a foul smell coming from the mouth.<\/li>\n
  6. \u00a0Unpleasant taste in the mouth<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    When to see a Doctor<\/h2>\n

    After any tooth extraction, you can expect a certain degree of pain and discomfort.\u00a0 However, the pain should be able to be managed with a pain reliever prescribed by your dentist or oral surgeon.\u00a0 The pain should lessen with time.<\/p>\n

    If the pain worsens in the days after the tooth has been removed, contact your dentist or oral surgeon immediately.\u00a0 This is not something you want to leave untreated. Visit our office, serving Foley, AL for Dental Emergencies<\/a> today. Find your way, down by the Bay!<\/p>\n

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    Dental Emergency Symptoms with Dry Socket A dry socket is extremely painful and can happen if the blood following a tooth removal fails to clot or the clot dissolves too quickly.\u00a0 This is the most common complication with tooth extractions.\u00a0 Using over-the-counter meds will not be enough to help with the pain.\u00a0 You must see […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":349,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1296","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-dental-faqs","category-general-dentistry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sweetwatersmile.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1296","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sweetwatersmile.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sweetwatersmile.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sweetwatersmile.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sweetwatersmile.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1296"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sweetwatersmile.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1296\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sweetwatersmile.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/349"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sweetwatersmile.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1296"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sweetwatersmile.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1296"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sweetwatersmile.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1296"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}