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What Causes Jaw Pain After Wisdom Teeth Removal?
I had my wisdom teeth removed 6 weeks ago and all of a sudden my jaw is extremely poofy and hurts so bad. I don't think there is a hole in the back of my mouth anymore. Do you think an infection is caught in there before it closed? What should I do?!
Mon, 14 Jul 2014
Hello,
Thanks for consulting HCM,
Read your query, as you have pain after 6 weeks of wisdom tooth extraction dont worry this can be due to unhealed socket ,infection present in socket, carious tooth present in same arch,or bony spicules is present .
Dont be worried so much for this you should consult your dentist and go for visual examination of socket , if needed go for investigations Iopa Xray of socket if pain is due to bony spicule then go for Alveoloplasty and if there is unhealed socket or infection is there then go for it treatment irrigation of sockect .
In meantime you can do warm saline rinses , betadine mouthwash , avoid chewing food from extraction side .
Hope it will help you.
Wishing you good health.
Regards,
Dr. Priyanka tiwari
Thanks for consulting HCM,
Read your query, as you have pain after 6 weeks of wisdom tooth extraction dont worry this can be due to unhealed socket ,infection present in socket, carious tooth present in same arch,or bony spicules is present .
Dont be worried so much for this you should consult your dentist and go for visual examination of socket , if needed go for investigations Iopa Xray of socket if pain is due to bony spicule then go for Alveoloplasty and if there is unhealed socket or infection is there then go for it treatment irrigation of sockect .
In meantime you can do warm saline rinses , betadine mouthwash , avoid chewing food from extraction side .
Hope it will help you.
Wishing you good health.
Regards,
Dr. Priyanka tiwari
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Hi,
Thanks for posting the query,
Pain, swelling, fever, nausea, dizziness are common complications after extraction of wisdom tooth, you dont worry about the symptoms as they will subside after sometimes by its own.
Follow the post extraction instructions given to you properly.
Take lukewarm saline and antiseptic mouthwash rinses.
Take complete course of antibiotics nad analgesics prescribed to you.
Take care!
Thanks for posting the query,
Pain, swelling, fever, nausea, dizziness are common complications after extraction of wisdom tooth, you dont worry about the symptoms as they will subside after sometimes by its own.
Follow the post extraction instructions given to you properly.
Take lukewarm saline and antiseptic mouthwash rinses.
Take complete course of antibiotics nad analgesics prescribed to you.
Take care!
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