Michelle L
New member
Yesterday my dentist started a root canal on my lower back molar. He had warned me that since my root canals curve at the bottom there was a chance that the instrument used to hollow out the canal might break off inside. Sure enough, that's what happened so the dentist extracted the tooth. Yesterday there was a nice blood clot visible but the pain was out of control so he gave me some pain meds. Despite that, it woke me up all night long with intense pain. I looked at it again and I don't see a clot. I see white and black in it, and there is what looks like a blister filled with pus on the inside cheek tissue adjacent to the socket. I'm going to call my dentist Monday but what I wanted to ask is, can a dry socket form the day after an extraction? I keep reading that its usually 3-4 days after an extraction before a dry socket forms. Is there anything other than the jawbone that would be white in color inside the socket?