i got 3 teeth extracted friday around 11 am now i have a brown smelly nasty foul something or the other in the extraction site i cant call my dentist for another 4 hours to set an appt to see him to see if he needs to clean it out(maybe some food in there) or if it is an infection could u please tell me what this might be . i took a dampened cotton swab and it does move around and brown foul smelling liquid comes with it along with pieces of the brown stuff in the socket i am taking 500 mg of vicodin and it helps with the pain for a couple of hours but my jaw is still swollen and is still painful in the extraction site.............thank you
Hi, Thanks for asking the query, According to your clinical symptoms I suppose that you have developed infection around the extraction socket this could either be due to food lodgment or any leftover root particle, a thorough clinical examination and x-ray of the region is required. Since you cannot see the Dentist right now I would suggest avoiding eating from that side, take lukewarm saline and antiseptic mouthwash rinses to prevent super infection. Take the course of antibiotics and analgesics prescribed to you. Hope you find this as helpful, Regards....