Post extraction question

[Nicole2015]

So last thursday I got a tooth pulled( upper left molar in the back) and everything was fine for the following 3 days then the morning of the 4th day( Monday) I woke up with a jelly blood clot inside my cheek, it was sooo gross and a mouth full of blood, I pulled it out and rinsed my mouth with warm water, when I checked the hole it still had a clot in it but to be safe I went to my dentist to check it out. She just rinsed it with saline and put some type of nasty cream in the socket. Now Wednesday I looked in the socket again and it looks fully white inside of there, I’m still having a weird discomfort but not any pain. My question is, is the white tissues mean it’s healing normal? How long til I’m able to eat normal again? And would I be able to smoke again possibly? All together it’s been 7 days.

 

[MattKW]

7 days post-op without major pain, then you're in the clear. The white tissue is normal.