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How Long Does The Molar Tooth Extracted Due To Infection Take To Cure?
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I had a molar extracted 12 days ago. It was badly infected prior to the extraction and i was on two rounds of antibiotics prior to the extraction and one for 5 days after. It still feels like there is aa bit of infection. I get a stabbing pain when I talk and eat and it's still redish. My oral surgeon followed up and examined the site last wednesday, he advised that it was healing and would take another 7-10 days for the pain to go away. I'm set to fly on Fri on a three-leg, long trip. The first leg is for 5 hours then a 9 hour layover and then an hour flight and then a three hour leg.
Is it safe to travel
I had a molar extracted 12 days ago. It was badly infected prior to the extraction and i was on two rounds of antibiotics prior to the extraction and one for 5 days after. It still feels like there is aa bit of infection. I get a stabbing pain when I talk and eat and it's still redish. My oral surgeon followed up and examined the site last wednesday, he advised that it was healing and would take another 7-10 days for the pain to go away. I'm set to fly on Fri on a three-leg, long trip. The first leg is for 5 hours then a 9 hour layover and then an hour flight and then a three hour leg.
Is it safe to travel
Fri, 28 Feb 2014
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sometime due to infection molar extraction take little more around 21 days to heal. So you dont worry, you can travel safely.in case you have pain you can take painkillers with serrapeptidase in it. Do warm saline gargles. Avoid interference of brush on healing area.
Enjoy your journey.
Thank you
Welcome to HCM
sometime due to infection molar extraction take little more around 21 days to heal. So you dont worry, you can travel safely.in case you have pain you can take painkillers with serrapeptidase in it. Do warm saline gargles. Avoid interference of brush on healing area.
Enjoy your journey.
Thank you
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Hello,
Thank you for consulting with HCM.
As you are mentioning that you got your molar tooth extracted 12 days back and still you are having pain even after taking antibiotics, it looks that a dry socket has been formed in that area.
Actually dry socket is a condition which occurs when there is traumatic extration of tooth, in this no clot forms in that area so no healing occurs and there is severe pain in that area.
Better you should visit your dentist again and get it treated as he will place a pack on that area which will relieve the symptoms, otherwise it will get more severe during travelling.
Hope it will help you.
Thank you for consulting with HCM.
As you are mentioning that you got your molar tooth extracted 12 days back and still you are having pain even after taking antibiotics, it looks that a dry socket has been formed in that area.
Actually dry socket is a condition which occurs when there is traumatic extration of tooth, in this no clot forms in that area so no healing occurs and there is severe pain in that area.
Better you should visit your dentist again and get it treated as he will place a pack on that area which will relieve the symptoms, otherwise it will get more severe during travelling.
Hope it will help you.
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3 Doctors agree with this answer
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