I am having the worst possible luck with my bottom right tooth extraction site. I went to see my oral surgeon today, because my gums on the side wasn’t going down, so today, he numbed my mouth and opened my gums and lo and behold, it was infected. so now I’m on my third week of taking antibiotics. This problem won’t seem to go away! So, after this little procedure, I went to work. When I arrived, I was okay,  until a few hours later, when I realized that I couldn’t shut my mouth all the way. Go figure, another part of my mouth is now swollen— On top of that, I seem to have some kind of blood clot. I am told to use a gauze pad to remove the clot and place the gauze on top of the site— but I am too afraid.. sigh*********