Had a molar extracted Friday afternoon...one of the most painful dental experiences I've suffered...surgeon had to scrape the infected bone matter from the socket, in order to put in a bone graft to fill the opening, and he was not the least bit gentle...I guess he thought the five shots of lidocaine were sufficient...two minutes of scraping and I was almost out of the chair, having arched my back during the procedure...

no cigars until Tuesday, at the earliest, and some dental sites say I should abstain for a week...I think 3 days should be sufficient due to the bone graft filling the socket...

delta1 wrote:

If over the remaining years you have on this planet, you are required to have any more extractions, the non-smoking time will add up. i say just go back and have all your teeth pulled. That way the waiting will ultimately be reduced to just this one time.

Tiver wrote:

Thank you, gentlemen...seems the enlightened consensus is 7 days, so I will wait until Friday to resume my cigar habit. I've gotten used to a short hiatus from smoking, having recently had a sinus/lung infection that kept me off cigars for almost a week. And they do seem tastier after the break.

Tiver's total teeth removal suggestion sounded radical, but may become more realistic as I get older...NOT!

delta1 wrote:

See Dan’s post. I’m thinking more like 2-4 weeks. You’d really hate a dry socket. Think you hurt when it was extracted. That’s not even close to the pain of a dry socket. Not only is it painful but it persists for days and maybe a week or more.

Abrignac wrote: