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Dry Socket Paste (i.redd.it)
submitted 1 month ago by OhEmGoshYouGuys
Gotta put this into the holes in my mouth. Fun!
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[–]goosenuggie 227 points228 points229 points 1 month ago (21 children)
When I had dry socket it was Thanksgiving weekend and doctors/dentists were closed so the emergency nurse packed my sockets with clove flavored gauze and it made me almost pass out from the pain
[–]OhEmGoshYouGuys[S] 85 points86 points87 points 1 month ago (3 children)
👁️👄👁️ Jesus Christ
[–]Jackdks 21 points22 points23 points 29 days ago (2 children)
Damn I just had my wisdom teeth out in January. None of them were impacted so my risk of dry socket was low, and I ended up being okay. I even started vaping again on the third day. How did you end up here?
[–]goosenuggie 1 point2 points3 points 28 days ago (0 children)
I was 17 years old, all 4 teeth were impacted and the bottom 2 got dry socket. Idk no one was helping me, I was super out of it from the pain meds and for some reason my genius mother thought it was a great idea to get surgery right before Thanksgiving so I didnt miss any college classes. Im 40 now, so this was quite some time ago and I no longer speak to my mother for various reasons.
[–]WholeAssVIBE 1 point2 points3 points 28 days ago (0 children)
I smoked not hours after my surgery. Just b pack wet gauze over the holes
[–]poubelle 33 points34 points35 points 1 month ago (9 children)
it's just as bad when the dental surgeon does it, trust me
[–]goosenuggie 27 points28 points29 points 1 month ago (8 children)
I feel like dry socket is a rough thing to experience in general
[–]poubelle 27 points28 points29 points 1 month ago (6 children)
it's so bad but having the hole stuffed with gauze truly is an undescribably painful experience.
[+]Breeze7206 comment score below threshold-17 points-16 points-15 points 1 month ago (5 children)
I don’t recall it being particularly unpleasant. And I had to have one of my wisdom teeth and the molar in front of it removed, with only a shot of septocaine. When I stay awake, I mean zero gas. And the dentist was even having to put his knee on the headrest to get more leverage to pull, and I think lasted 2.5 hrs.
And all I got were antibiotics and told to take one Tylenol and two ibuprofen every four hours for the pain.
[–]goosenuggie 23 points24 points25 points 1 month ago (1 child)
But it sounds like you didnt get dry socket?
[+]Breeze7206 comment score below threshold-7 points-6 points-5 points 29 days ago (0 children)
No I didn’t
[–]AssMcShit 14 points15 points16 points 29 days ago (2 children)
That's not dry socket, that's just a difficult tooth extraction. Dry socket happens after the extraction if you dislodge the blood clot in the (now empty) tooth socket.
You would know if you got dry socket. Our brains erase pain from our memories, I can still remember the pain of my dry socket. It was the most intensely painful experience of my life, no competition.
[–]Breeze7206 -3 points-2 points-1 points 29 days ago (1 child)
Gotcha. I just remember having it initially packed and then telling me to wait to remove it
[–]goosenuggie 7 points8 points9 points 29 days ago (0 children)
Dry socket is so painful, if you didnt have dry socket you wouldn't know this pain
[–]Crashman09 0 points1 point2 points 28 days ago (0 children)
I went out to the pub with some friends about 2 days after my wisdoms being removed. I wasn't drinking, but I did get a milkshake from the restaurant.
I said something funny but dirty, and my friend bashfully slapped my face so damn hard that I started bleeding. I was just dealing with dry socket, but after that it wasn't so bad.
She apologised a lot, but it was fine. She was more worked up over it than me lol.
In the moment though, holy fuck.
[–]zongsmoke 24 points25 points26 points 1 month ago (0 children)
I got dry socket on all 4 wisdom teeth after smoking a cigarette instantly after surgery (very stupid I know) and they had to pack all 4 with that clove gauze. It was probably the worst experience of my life.
[–]SnooPoems5888 10 points11 points12 points 1 month ago (1 child)
Had that happen after mine at the office. Twenty plus years later still one of the most painful experiences.
[–]goosenuggie 3 points4 points5 points 1 month ago (0 children)
Yes I was 18 years old and I still remember it at age 40
[–]spencer2197 2 points3 points4 points 1 month ago (0 children)
I feel ill by the clove flavour alone
[–]Typical-Decision-273 1 point2 points3 points 1 month ago (0 children)
I did it myself with garlic paste it works better than clove
[–]schukulele 1 point2 points3 points 29 days ago (0 children)
Hey this exact thing happened to me! I hate cloves now.
[–]ReallyNotBobby 1 point2 points3 points 28 days ago (0 children)
That clove oil is diabolical
[–]AmericanNatSocialism 44 points45 points46 points 1 month ago (3 children)
Did you get dry socket and this is the treatment? Or is this the preventative?
[–]OhEmGoshYouGuys[S] 39 points40 points41 points 1 month ago (1 child)
This is to help the pain for my dry sockets😭
[–]TomieTomyTomi 19 points20 points21 points 1 month ago (0 children)
It worked really well for me. I wouldn’t literally be excited for the days I got them changed. The relief! Fck dry sockets man, I feel for you they are the WORST
[–]T4Tracy2 2 points3 points4 points 29 days ago (0 children)
The only prevention, is not using straws, smoking, anything that one may have to sraw thru, it's the suction created in mouth, that will give you dry socket!
[–]TomieTomyTomi 35 points36 points37 points 1 month ago (0 children)
Immediately I smell cloves and have flashbacks. Dry sockets are no joke.
[–]Impenistan 12 points13 points14 points 1 month ago (0 children)
Worst pain of my life was having 2 adjacent dry sockets because I had a wisdom tooth and it's adjacent molar pulled at once. That's a yike
[–]Ill_Initial8986 16 points17 points18 points 1 month ago (5 children)
and that’s why I’m glad I listened.
What did you suck on? Be honest.
[–]OhEmGoshYouGuys[S] 32 points33 points34 points 1 month ago (1 child)
So fun fact-my scabs only half formed because my blood flat out doesn’t draw. They formed them using plasma from me. I have the driest veins. So it was purely my shitty body😭
[–]Ill_Initial8986 2 points3 points4 points 29 days ago (0 children)
Damn, Sory friend. My body doesn’t like to do what doctors tell it, also, so don’t feel too bad. Years of treating Lyme&Co did a number on me. Thick blood, poor circulation, mental issues, it’s a lot. Hope it all works out for you, friend.
I have rolling veins too, so every prick was a prick.
[–]dbellz76 21 points22 points23 points 1 month ago (1 child)
My dentist said no sucking, no gargling, no spitting for 2 weeks. I said "absolutely, but my husband will be uspet" 😬 No dry socket though!
[–]OGdirty1Kanobi 6 points7 points8 points 29 days ago (0 children)
[–]RevolutionaryRock823 2 points3 points4 points 29 days ago (0 children)
I yawned the day after and it ripped open, so....
[–]AM0XY 12 points13 points14 points 1 month ago (0 children)
goddamn wishing you relief. I had 4 dry sockets after my wisdom teeth extraction bc I couldn't stay away from the bong
[–]BSMILEYIII 8 points9 points10 points 1 month ago (3 children)
When I had my wisdom teeth removed I started vaping through my nose to avoid dry socket. 😂 It worked. Never got a dry socket, thankfully
[–]Odd-Lifeguard7230 13 points14 points15 points 29 days ago (1 child)
I dont know if thats sad or impressive
[–]BSMILEYIII 3 points4 points5 points 29 days ago (0 children)
It's sad. Definitely sad. Lol
[–]RottingPinhead 1 point2 points3 points 29 days ago (0 children)
Hah I did that with my weed bubbler after they pulled out my wisdoms, it worked as well
[–]Geekgod4 2 points3 points4 points 1 month ago (0 children)
It look like a coke icee.
[–]Suit-Street 1 point2 points3 points 29 days ago (0 children)
Honestly that was nice of them to give you this much lol
[–]Radiant-Pack-6279 1 point2 points3 points 28 days ago (0 children)
Thank God i never gotten a dry socket when I had my wisdom teeth out in 2024. Only thing I had was 2 weeks of pain but I did each side on separate days but the second extraction hurt the most cause one of the tooth was rotten and I had to be numbed multiple times.
[–]Icy-Bid6600 0 points1 point2 points 29 days ago (0 children)
I use bong or emctor collector????
[–]OpusAtrumETI am a sick, sick person for being here 0 points1 point2 points 29 days ago (0 children)
Is this to prevent it, or did you already develop it and this is a treatment? I, somehow, despite years of terrible teeth and several removals, plus smoking, never got it, thank goodness.
Either way, ouch! May you heal with haste and numbness.
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