question: I had one of my lower wisdom teeth removed monday, yesterday (thursday) my gums started bleeding for several hours while I tried to stop them with cotton and an icebag on my chin. After trying for hours it finally stopped. Today I woke up and it wasn't there till it randomly started, I followed the same procedure and I got it stopped after several hours. Now I just happened again and I'm starting to think something is wrong since it has been nearly 5 days and even though I stop the wound from bleedng it starts bleeding again. Have I removed the blood clot or have I gotten a drysocket? I also called my dentist and she just told me to try to stop the bleeding, but I've been reading several places online that bleeding for around 5 days is not considered normal.