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Dry socket pain and healing

Dry socket pain and healing

I am 48 years old and had a lower left wisdom tooth extracted  a week ago with stitches & ended up with dry socket. I went to the OS today and he put medicated packing into the socket that relieved the pain for a few hours. After returning home, the packing kept coming out & I kept trying to put it back in but it wouldn't stay. Any ideas? Also, how exactly does this heal? Will the gums have to be re-stitched? will the socket grow closed? I have Hydrocodone and Motrin 600 but neither seems to help with the pain. Thanks for any answers.
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