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Should I Go To My Dentist For Painful Swelling And For Dental Filling That Came Out While Sneezing?
I had a top tooth extracted six days ago. My gum is very swollen and hot. Tonight I sneezed and some white stuff came out of the socket and the swelling seems better. It's still very painful though but the pressure I was feeling seems less. Do I need to go back to my dentist..?
Fri, 10 Jan 2014
Hello,
As you are mentioning that you got your tooth extracted and after that you felt some white stuff coming out from the socket, it looks that this white stuff is pus which is coming out as infection is still present there.
You should visit your dentist and get an x-ray done of that socket as the healing of socket starts within 1 week and there is no pus, but if in your case there is infection still present then there must be some part of root left there.
Hope it will help you.
As you are mentioning that you got your tooth extracted and after that you felt some white stuff coming out from the socket, it looks that this white stuff is pus which is coming out as infection is still present there.
You should visit your dentist and get an x-ray done of that socket as the healing of socket starts within 1 week and there is no pus, but if in your case there is infection still present then there must be some part of root left there.
Hope it will help you.
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