Thanks — I looked closely at the photo. I can’t give a definitive medical diagnosis from a single photo, but I’ll walk you through what I can see, the differences between normal healing / dry socket / infection, what to watch for, typical timelines, what the dentist will do, how things can get worse if left, and immediate self-care + next steps.

Quick visual impression (from the photo)

• The socket shows a dark area in the extraction site — that can be a blood clot or residual blood/debris.