Reply #5: Wasn't too gruesome. [View All]

[carpetbagger]

The dentist irrigated some really nasty smelling debris from the sockets, and then packed it with clove oil-impregnated iodophor, twice last week, the worst effect of which is about three hours of moderate drooling.

It's still sore, but it's about what I expected maybe 7-10 days out from extraction, having been told that in my late 30s it (the extractions, not the sockets) would take longer to heal.

Clove oil dressing goes well with Italian food. That's what I learned this week.