Do I have dry socket?

Question:

Last week,  I had 2 teeth taken out by the dentist.  But today, there was some type of bloody-white “ooze” coming out of the area where one of the teeth came out.  I haven’t had any pain, just the ooze.  Is this dry socket?

Answer:

From what your describing, it definitely isn’t dry socket.  Dry socket is quite painful and occurs when you’ve lost the blood clot in your tooth socket and the bone is exposed.  This sounds like an infection.  After an extraction, for the first couple of hours you can expect some bleeding and some slight pain.  The dentist should have prescribed pain pills and antibiotics so as to avoid an infection.  Depending on the severity of the infection now, the dentist may just prescribe some more antibiotics.  But please visit your dentist right away and tell him/her that you have an infection.

Good luck!