Dry Socket

I had a molar pulled the other day.. I do not know if I have dry socket. I
can not see a blood clot but I can see lots of stitches. This tooth grew in
leaning sideways. Broke 2 times while trying to pull it & root had
calcified or something like that so they basically dug it out. It took 2
dentists & over an hour (maybe 2) to get it out & stitched up. Today Monday
was 1st day since it was pulled on last Tuesday that I did not have aching
all day. Was on an antibiotic so I doubt there is infection. They had
actually pulled 2 teeth. one was starting to abcess (came out easy) & the
other was infected. I had no pain from either abcesss or infection but that
is not unusual for me. Does it sound like dry socket or just so much trauma
getting it out? Thanks for any replies

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