Concerned about dry mouth after wisdom tooth extraction

[dsh1998]

I had my top and lower right wisdom teeth removed 2 days ago.  The top tooth came out relatively cleanly with minor pain.  But the bottom tooth took a lot of cutting twisting and pulling (probably an hour's worth), as it was impacted horizontally and required cutting into the jaw bone, and was a very painful operation (I was not knocked out for the operation and I wonder if the affects of the anesthetic were starting to wear off towards the end).  The dentist closed both holes with a number of stitches.  My jaw is swollen pretty big and hurts to open.  I've been following the post-operation directions from my Dentist as closely and carefully as I can.  But last night (2nd night post-surgery), I woke up with extremely dry mouth.  Apparently I had been sleeping with my mouth slightly open.  I drank a little bit of water and did a careful rinse and noticed that I was bleeding a little bit (this was after I had pretty much stopped bleeding the day before).  I'm worried that this will affect my recovery.  Is there any danger that sleeping with your mouth open, and experiencing dry mouth can lead to "dry socket"?   The last thing I want to do is have to go back and have any additional work done.

[Top 3 Dentists]

no they are not related.