How to know if you have dry socket?

I had 3 of wisdom teeth cut out on Thursday and they were all stitched up. Now the bottom one on the left the stitches have already dissolved and now I have a huge hole. It doesn't hurt as much as people say it does with a dry socket, but why else would...

I'm afraid the clot may have come out of the extraction site, but I heard that dry socket is extremely painful. It's a little tender, but I think that's normal. It is Thursday and had my tooth out on Monday. The pain is NOTHING compared to when my tooth...

I got my wisdom teeth pulled. One side was stitched while the other side d a big gaping hole. How do i know if i have dry socket? From what i've read theres supposed to be a ...show more

I just got all 4 wisdom teeth taken out thursday 2/28/2012 PLus 2 root canals done.. Im still in pain where I cant hardly even open my mouth still, and I still have my self of a all soft food deit cuz it hurts to much you try eat anything... Even noddles...

i had my tooth pulled last tuesday it was all fine i started smoking and eating nornal yeserday and now im trying to make sure i dont have dry socket. i have no pain in my mouth at ...show more

I just got one of my wisdom pulled out yesterday and I'm not sure if I have a dry socket. I do feel some pain and when I look towards where the tooth was I see something white. ...show more

I got my wisdom teeth pulled about four weeks ago. Last week, though, I accidentally forgot and drank out of a straw, and I've been kind of paranoid about dry socket ever since. Now when I open my mouth really wide or when I yawn, I feel a little strain...

Something that plugs in to the socket then has a socket on it but it tells me how much electricity is being used/been used through that socket??