Tooth pulled about a week ago, sharp, stabbing, throbbing severe pain. gum is a little pale/white where tooth was pulled.
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Sounds like classic "dry socket " case. Dry Socket occurs when the blood clot or scab in the extraction hole gets dissolved or dislodged and then the healing stops. The scab is what stimulates your body to heal the area so when the scab is lost the healing stops. That is why your mother told you to not pick at the scab when you skinned your knee as a child. Dry socket is easily cured with dry socket paste which your dentist will apply in the hole (socket). It may have to be repeated a number of times to kick start your healing process again. Additionally sometimes antibiotics are prescribed to help with the healing process.
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Sounds like you have a "dry socket". When a tooth is extracted you have an opening in the bone that is covered/protected by the clot that forms after the extraction. If that clot is dislodged, the bone is exposed to the oral cavity and can be very painful. You need to see the dentist and he/she will place medication in the socket (extraction site) to alleviate the pain as it heals.
Go back to the dentist, could be an infection, little piece of tooth or bone.
if you did not follow your dentist's postoperative instructions thoroughly, you could develop a dry socket. You should therefore return to your dentist for further treatment.
The possibility of having a dry socket happens within the first week of tooth extraction. I would make an appointment to see your dentist to take a look. Most of the time can be treated and you will feel better with in days.