Dry socket?

I've never had dry socket, but I've read so much about how agonising it is that I'm not surprised you're terrified of getting it. So am I!
From several posts above it looks like you haven't got it and I sincerely hope it stays that way, but I do sympathise, both with the pain you're in and with the fear it might get considerably worse. Fingers crossed the blood clot will stay in place and you'll soon be feeling better.

Oh my, the clove dressing gauze strands. I had that too. I spent lord knows how many days randomly retching from the taste of that stuff, took all my willpower not to chuck, bleurgh (shudder), necessary effective stuff but pure evil in taste. It is the flavour I imagine the devil's spunk would taste of.

If you have it you'll know! Agonising pain that you can't escape. Codine & tramadol not touching the sides level of pain!

I'm a dental assistant. The black is the blood clot, it looks perfect. Dry socket literally looks creamy white, that black clot would be gone and you'd be looking at bone. You're doing great! Like others said, avoid anything that creates suction like using straws. Just take it easy and be gentle with the area and you should be fine.

If you develop a dry socket, you will know. It's intensely painful and there's no mistaking it. Much like the difference between a Braxton-Hicks contraction and labor transition.

It's a bit early for dry socket, I think it is more likely at 3-5 days after extraction

I had it and it was sore. The dentist put a medicated dressing in and prescribed pain killers by them.

I had dry socket. It was really painful. After the extraction I had to bite on a cloth and then was told the blood clot needed to stay in the cavity. Sadly the next day it came out. It was sore to even breath air over it. The dentist fixed it by dipping some kind of gauze in something them smelt and tasted like cloves, although I think it had some medication in it. From then on it never hurt again and healed perfectly. So if it hurts even when you breath get back to the dentist asap. Best of luck xx

That looks normal

It looks like a blood clot which is normal

I think that's just the scab. However I had one out earlier in The Times of Covid and the medicated mouthwash you can buy helps. Chlorhexidine I think it is.

yes if it was you would not need to ask! OMG Dry Socket was one of the most awful pains I have every had - and I include a burst appendix and child birth in that!

No harm in asking you dentist but I agree that looks like dried blood - leave it be!

If it was dry socket, it would be more than niggling you and it would probably be visibly empty. Black is coagulated blood, good thing, grey is a bit of plaque on top the black blood coagulated plug. Leave it alone and stay away from sucking if possible, especial through straws. I had dry socket, upper canine, the pain was so bad I wished for death at times.

You can use a couple of drops of clove oil on some gauze on the site if it does develop. Only use this for a couple of days as clove oil can damage surrounding tissues. It will act as a local anaesthetic and take the pain away.

I had dry socket in two extraction sites. Cant remember the visual appearance but what I learned was:
A. It's very common and
B. It hurts like hell. So, so bad. I went back to the dentist three times to have the socket packed with some gross tasting cotton wool stuff. If you're worried, speak to your dentist.

I had dry socket years ago after an extraction and it was absolute misery, so painful I couldn't think straight

I had to have an extraction last year just after lockdown as hadn’t been able to have the necessary treatment. I also got major dry socket fear and spent days googling photos of other peoples cavities 🤣. Fwiw yours looks like mine did at the same time and mine was fine.