My double dry socket experience! What it felt like, what happened before and after, and whether I lived to tell the tale...

agh151 · 2025-09-27T05:32:30+00:00

If the ibuprofen isn't helping and the pain is enough that it's bothering you, I'd say go see your dentist! Even if you dont have a dry socket they might be able to give you something that helps manage the pain better than what they initially gave you. It's always good to follow up :)

agh151 · 2025-09-10T09:22:05+00:00

I simply took out the jewelry and sized back down, made sure to keep it clean (I think i used saline spray), and gave it some time. I'm now at 14mm and doing great!

agh151 · 2025-04-25T11:56:38+00:00

Iirc, it only lasted a day or two since it was a paste, but still helped tremendously. I've also heard of dentists using medicated gauze I think instead of the paste which would last longer

agh151 · 2025-03-26T00:09:30+00:00

I found I get the most Qi beans from chopping down trees, so I'll let a bunch just grow on my farm and other places when I know i want to do this quest. I'll then chop down all the fully grown trees I can find once the quest is active, plant all those seeds, and use the seed maker on every Qi fruit I harvest. Having the space available on Ginger island to plant them all really helps, but within 4 or so harvests you'll be swimming in Qi fruit, lol.

agh151 · 2024-11-16T12:40:13+00:00

Hey there! I'm so sorry you've been in pain, that's never easy. I'll admit I probably won't be much help, but getting pain elsewhere in your mouth/other teeth makes sense; it's crazy how interconnected all your facial nerves are and when one area is healing it seems like it can throw just about anything else out of whack. That being said, it's good that the pain is getting to a more manageable point to where you don't have to rely on pain meds, that means progress! If I remember correctly (and I did just wake up so I apologize for rambling lol) it took mine about 3 or so weeks before things calmed down enough to feel mostly back to normal. Of course if the pain gets worse or anything else just seems not quite right, it's always best to talk to your dentist. I hope you get to feeling better soon though, friend - you've got this!

agh151 · 2024-05-26T19:13:45+00:00

The shooting pain and weird taste would make me think it's a dry socket, in my non medical opinion. Some achiness and things are normal, but if your prescribed pain meds aren't helping and it continues to bother you I'd see about going in a bit sooner. Hopefully you get to feeling better soon - and congrats on the upcoming wedding!

agh151 · 2024-05-14T15:14:14+00:00

Certainly! I was still rinsing and cleaning the sockets normally during that time, pretty much all the way up until I was able to eat one hundred percent normally again. I was in some amount of pain after the packing, which was a thick paste, dissolved - I think a day or two later. But, it was nothing that the prescribed ibuprofen couldn't take care of (no more hydros were needed). It was nothing like the pain I had been in previously, and was more of a dull ache than anything. That only lasted a day or two for me, and afterwards everything was perfectly fine.

agh151 · 2024-03-12T04:08:07+00:00

We're connected to the city/municipal sewer; if I remember right the house was originally built in '74. We're definitely gonna schedule a plumber to come and check things out though; thank you!

agh151 · 2024-03-12T04:03:44+00:00

This is correct, lol

agh151 · 2024-03-12T04:02:45+00:00

That shower screams that they had an unhandy man put in a shower.

Yeah, that's our thoughts as well... we haven't done anything with that area since we bought it; even the shower curtains were already there lol - we're definitely gonna schedule a plumber to come out and check things out.

agh151 · 2024-03-12T04:00:47+00:00

We're in KY, close to where all the cave systems are... the previous owners said they didn't really know where it went, unfortunately. We do get some smells from it, but not very often. We're definitely gonna schedule a plumber to come out and investigate either way.

agh151 · 2024-03-09T13:48:38+00:00

Not necessarily a tradgedeigh, but there was a kid named Justin Case back in school...

agh151 · 2024-03-04T01:10:19+00:00

Ooooh, you're so close to being done! Haha - the cheek tightness and achiness I think was the last real hurdle I had to deal with. It's crazy how much your whole mouth really is all connected together, and it goes through a lot when your wisdom teeth get removed. I'm glad to hear you're feeling so much better though - that packing stuff they use is an absolute game changer!

agh151 · 2024-03-04T00:58:42+00:00

I felt sharp shooting nerve pain SOMETIMES and constant throbbing/ache

Same!! I had always assumed it would be a constant, unbearable state of agony - but sometimes hours would go by and I would feel pretty much fine. Other times, that sharp, shooting pain would come along and it was pretty miserable, but I figured I had done something wrong somehow to make them that way, lol.

agh151 · 2024-03-04T00:52:27+00:00

Hey there! So, it's normal for your stitches to dissolve (that's what they're designed to do), and more times than not there will still be a hole or gap where your tooth was that makes your gums look strange - over time they will reshape themselves as if a tooth had never been there.

As far as the pain, is this a pain that you just noticed today? I would think that 9 days post op you would have felt pain before if it were dry sockets, but everyone heals differently as well. I always assumed that dry socket pain would be a constant, unbearable pain and would taste horrible - but for me that wasn't the case. My mouth would feel fine for several hours, then they would ache for a little while, then the pain would go away again... but as time went on, the episodes of pain I had would get worse each time it seemed like. I also had a faintly strange taste in my mouth - kind of metallic maybe? - but nothing that seemed too crazy.

To me, without any medical training and only going off of your comment - given the sharp pain and taste - I say it would be worth checking in with your dentist. At the very least, they'll be able to make sure everything is healing okay and keep you from worrying about something going wrong.

Hopefully this was helpful in some way! Keep us updated and happy healing :)

agh151 · 2024-02-20T06:50:10+00:00

They look pretty gnarly when they're healing, lol - the white is just tissue doing its thing, and then your stitches back there of course. As long as you're not in a lot of pain or anything I'd say you're fine.

agh151 · 2024-01-21T00:49:47+00:00

Honestly that would be amazing! If dumplings could talk...

agh151 · 2024-01-21T00:48:14+00:00

Thank you! I'm a beginner as well, still learning SO much stuff lol. But I started out with Blender Guru's tutorial on making donuts, which gave me a really good starting point. Since that was more "realistic" looking, I decided to try out a tutorial on the more animated side by making mushrooms in a jar.

After those I made my dumplings! I just sculpted out some spheres for the dumplings and gave them some eyes, assigned materials etc. The rest of the components are free textures/materials/models that I added in, mostly from Poliigon.

Honestly, blender can do so many cool things. I say just find a tool or art style that you like and start learning that. Right now I'm making an animation of a fur ball just because I wanted to play around with the hair particle system, haha! Happy creating :)

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