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Brown, Smelly Thing Near Teeth Which Are Extracted, Discharge Of Brown Smelly Liquid With Brown Stuff, Swollen Jaw. Infection?

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
posted on Thu, 3 Oct 2013
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hello,
we are here to give you best advice.

I have gone through your problem.

as per you mentioned brown stuff and brown foul swelling liquid is coming from the extraction site,and you are having pain is indicative of dislodged blood clot and infection to that area of extraction.

you should be prescribed antibiotic for coverage of the infection along with vicodin.

If such patient comes to me I would have been thoroughly clean he extracted wound with normal saline and betadine solution.And medicated dressing is given.
would have prescribed Antibiotic and Pain killer along with antacid if needed.

The best advice for you right now would be :
1) if you smokes,stop smoking immediately until the wound heals as smoking delays the healing process & worsens the pain
2) do not touch the wound with finger tip or cotton or anything else as it can dislodge the blood clot and infect the wound
3)Add 2 spoon full of salt in Luke warm water and gargle with it twice or thrice in a day
4)Take full coarse of antibiotic and anti-inflamatory drugs prescribed by your dentist.
5) If pain is non bearable please visit your dentist and get the wound cleaned.


Don't worry you would be fine.

Take care and kindly right a review if you are satisfied.

Regards.
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Dentist,  Dr. Stutee Beriwal's  Response
hello..
After reading you past dental history of multiple tooth extraction 5 days back with foul odour and painfull extraction site indicates of Dry socket formed at the extraction site
Dry socket is basically a condition wherein the blood clot that is formed during healing gets disintegrated leading to exposure of underlying bone.The line of treatment would be repeated placement of antimicrobial dressing at the extraction site followed by use of chlorhexidene mouth wash i.e peridex .12% .
It is advisable if you consult your dentist for the confirmed diagnosis and treatment..take care...thank you
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Dentist,  Dr. Qazi Ammara's  Response
Hi,

Thanks for asking the query,

According to your clinical symptoms i suppose that you have developed infection around the extarction socket this could either be due to food lodgement or any left over 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 to avoid eating from that side, take lukewarm saline and antiseptic mouthwash rinses to prevent superinfection.
Take the course of antibiotics and analgesics prescribed to you.

Hope you find this as helpful,

Regards....
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Brown, Smelly Thing Near Teeth Which Are Extracted, Discharge Of Brown Smelly Liquid With Brown Stuff, Swollen Jaw. Infection?

hello, we are here to give you best advice. I have gone through your problem. as per you mentioned brown stuff and brown foul swelling liquid is coming from the extraction site,and you are having pain is indicative of dislodged blood clot and infection to that area of extraction. you should be prescribed antibiotic for coverage of the infection along with vicodin. If such patient comes to me I would have been thoroughly clean he extracted wound with normal saline and betadine solution.And medicated dressing is given. would have prescribed Antibiotic and Pain killer along with antacid if needed. The best advice for you right now would be : 1) if you smokes,stop smoking immediately until the wound heals as smoking delays the healing process & worsens the pain 2) do not touch the wound with finger tip or cotton or anything else as it can dislodge the blood clot and infect the wound 3)Add 2 spoon full of salt in Luke warm water and gargle with it twice or thrice in a day 4)Take full coarse of antibiotic and anti-inflamatory drugs prescribed by your dentist. 5) If pain is non bearable please visit your dentist and get the wound cleaned. Don t worry you would be fine. Take care and kindly right a review if you are satisfied. Regards.