I've just had a very painful experience following a tooth extraction.
The NHS dentist I saw probably underestimated the difficulty. He
pulled the tooth out. A week later it was still painful. It turned
out he had left quite a big piece of the tooth in and I was also
developping a dry clot. The second time round was worse. It took 45
mns to pull whatever was left in there and nearly a week later I am
still in pain. I went back to see him and he told me everything was
fine which is unfortunately what he has been saying all along even when
it was not as mentioned above.
Basically he said that it would still hurt for a while, both my jaw and
my ear and that the clove dressing would resorb itself with no need to
change it. That seems strange to me and was wondering whether any one
on this forum has heard or experienced a clove dressing following a dry
clot after a tooth extraction and if so whether it was changed or left
to its own device.
Many thanks.