Can you have a "partial" dry socket? And if so, how much

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JustAnswer Customer: Can you have a "partial" dry socket?
JustAnswer Customer: And if so, how much quicker does it heal vs a full blown one?
JustAnswer Customer: 5 days ago, I had 7 teeth extracted.
JustAnswer Customer: 4 bicuspids, and 3 wisdom.
JustAnswer Customer: (The 4th was removed years ago.) The upper two were impacted, the lower one was erupted but growing at a slant.
JustAnswer Customer: I went in today due to mild pain in one of my wisdom teeth sockets, that is controllable with OTC medications of 1000mg of tylenol and 400mg of Ibuprofen every 6 hours (per dentist instructions).
JustAnswer Customer: The only reason I had it checked, was the fact no other extractions hurt any longs.
JustAnswer Customer: Even the two that were surgically removed.
JustAnswer Customer: The socket that hurt was a wisdom too that had erupted but was coming in at a slant.
JustAnswer Customer: The hygenist said it look as if it was healing fine, but the location was difficult to spy.
JustAnswer Customer: THe dentist took one look, did something with tweezers and stated I did have a dry socket.
JustAnswer Customer: I can see part of a blood clot in that space when I look in a mirror.
JustAnswer Customer: He packed it with some paste after irrigating it and say I may need one more treatment.
JustAnswer Customer: Considering it really wasnt that painful, and a blood clot was seen.
JustAnswer Customer: Could it have been a "partial" dry socket?
JustAnswer Customer: And how much more quickly will I heal?
JustAnswer Customer: Also, the other sites, the clots appear to be shrinking?
JustAnswer Customer: Is this normal or is something wrong?
Mark Bornfeld, DDS: Dentist: Welcome to JustAnswer, and thank you for putting your trust in me!
Mark Bornfeld, DDS: Dentist: Because a dry socket is, clinically speaking, defined by pain, it is a matter of rhetorical debate whether it is meaningful to speak of a "partial" dry socket.
Mark Bornfeld, DDS: Dentist: In point of fact, there is a continuum between minimal inflammation and severe inflammation, and it is a subjective judgment just where the dividing line exists between normal postoperative healing and dry socket pain.
Mark Bornfeld, DDS: Dentist: For the record, dry socket is defined as a "localized osteitis", or more simply, a region of inflammation in the bone surrounding the socket of a recently extracted tooth, and this formal definition really isn't all that meaningful in light of the fact that there is always some inflammation in the bone surrounding the socket of a recently extracted tooth.
Mark Bornfeld, DDS: Dentist: There really is no qualitative difference; it's just a matter of subjective distinction.
Mark Bornfeld, DDS: Dentist: You should know that although many dentists assume that dry sockets lack a proper blood clot, there are cases of dry socket that are not nearly as dry as the name implies.
Mark Bornfeld, DDS: Dentist: Especially because the term "dry socket" is primarily used to refer to the associated pain, and because the methods used to manage dry socket are essentially efforts to control pain, the necessity of treatment would be determined by whether the patient requires additional pain management.
Mark Bornfeld, DDS: Dentist: Dry socket invariably resolves without any treatment, and the available treatments do not hasten healing at all-- they merely make the process a bit less unpleasant.
Mark Bornfeld, DDS: Dentist: So, considering that your socket ".really wasn't that painful", one could question whether any treatment was required.
Mark Bornfeld, DDS: Dentist: As for healing time, there aren't any real hard and fast rules-- speed of healing is dependent on the amount of tissue disruption caused by the surgical intervention-- i.e., how aggressively your surgeon implemented his technique-- as well as your intrinsic physiology, which cannot be inferred.
Mark Bornfeld, DDS: Dentist: But since your socket isn't really that painful now, it is likely that your symptoms will resolve within another week at most, assuming your dentist doesn't stir things up too much with his sedative dressing.
Mark Bornfeld, DDS: Dentist: Hope this helps.
JustAnswer Customer: Also, the other sites, the clots appear to be shrinking?
JustAnswer Customer: Is this normal or is something wrong?
Mark Bornfeld, DDS: Dentist: That's absolutely normal.
Mark Bornfeld, DDS: Dentist: The red color of the clot gets progressively washed out from contact with saliva, and becomes replaced by connective tissue and surface gum epithelium.
Mark Bornfeld, DDS: Dentist: In the absence of increasing pain, swelling, or other signs of infection, you can safely assume that healing is proceeding normally.
Mark Bornfeld, DDS: Dentist: Hope this helps.
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Mark Bornfeld, DDS: Dentist: Good luck!