Question: I had lower wisdom teeth extracted 6 mon.'s ago. My mouth area and actually whole face still feels tight especially around mouth and lips. I can open my mouth but it seems like not all the way like it did before. In the middle of my lips they kind of buckle when I smile and doesn't seem to stretch out. They buckle up. Face and mouth doesn't seem to have the flexability when I talk or smile it's tight. My lower lip on the right side looks like it went in. Can pulling / stretching mouth cause this? or bitting on the lip?
I feel a tingling at times through face. On my left side alot of bone was taken or gone. there are three cuts on that side one next to tooth that was in front of it and two going up the jaw bone cheek side. The wisdom tooth itself was leaned toward the tooth in front of it. second Dr. at facility said, I will only get some of it back. Will my face and mouth area return to normal? And should there be a placement for the bone gone? I have read a little about If bone gets damaged may cause things to move around? I may be letting alot of nerves set in, but the Dr. who performed the surgery was telling me about alot of medical problems he had undergone, before I had the surgery,and started to ask me. It was really scaring me more. Thank you for any help.

1.) I had these problems right after sugery.
Jaw and jaw joint pain, Bone gone, Cuts. Tightness and tingling in whole face and mouth. The corners of my mouth are very tight and appear to have went in smaller and the center of my lips don't stretch out. When the secound Dr. would take both the sides of my mouth with his fingers and stretch them out at the same time while he looked in it hurt alot. Mouth not stretching especially the middle of my lips very painful. It Almost reminds me of a rubberband that part of it got damaged and doesn't have all it's spring or in this case doesn't have enough spring. I have a small mouth and teeth already.
Surgery was on Dec.29th 1011
This July 29th will be 6 months.

2) About 3 months after surgery secound Dr. Precribed muscle relaxer. Took it 2 weeks still hurt. Dentist suggested a night guard. That seemed to ease the pain.
I still have stiffness and little joint pain. I have been wearing night guard for three months?

3) I don't smoke. I used to smoke for about 16 yrs. I have not smoked for 20 yrs.

4) Both sides of lower wisdom teeth were extracted.

5) Yes, the cuts are still thier on my left side and that is where the bone is gone. The bone still did not grow back up around tooth in front of where the extraction was.
I asked the Dr. who performed the surgery about cuts and he stood back, said "What". He did not come over and look. Started seeing the Second DR. He thought the tooth was in my jaw. Then he took x XXXXXXX and we seen alot of the bone gone.
Dr. who performed it called me after finding out about xray and found bone gone, He goes around the question and said, 'I'm not trying to hide anything". Starts to talk about all his medical problems he had gone through, like he did with me before the surgery. There still has been no explaination.

6) Bone gone right after surgery. I have xrays before and after surgery and I also have pictures of cuts inside.
I know this is alot. I went through alot of recovery. I feel light headed alot also like to lay down but I'm not tired if that makes any since.

Thank you for response and time. XXXXXXX

May I ask please, What kind of exercise can help mouth and jaw? I've been blowing up my cheeks like blowing up a balloon and opening up my mouth freqently and stretching my lips out with it sometimes. I didn't know if this was good or not?

Uploading might take awhile to figure out. I have pictures of cuts on my computer documents. Those might be easier to figure out. My xrays I have are 8 x 10 films. I could try scaning but don't know how well they'll turn out.
Just wanted to let you know so your not wondering what's taking long. If you know how that would be helpful, But in the meantime I will ask online for information.
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I have managed to attatched file of xrays to a email. If you don't mind that I have a email address to give these to you.

About my mouth. It's not opening my mouth that is the big issue, It's the skin tissue around the mouth area and up around my nose chin an such like that. doesn't move. I'll send you copy and paste of pics on here after email if you don't mind. Right side of my mouth does not go out when I smile. The Dr. stretching my mouth harder and harder until I finally said stop, I raised my arm to stop him. You see I was not on gas just the shots. I was aware. Now that side of my mouth doesn't go out much.

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Thank you for excepting my files.

Oral 7-10 pic's taken about a few weeks after surgery. Left side. Bone gone and cuts. See that notch by my finger of skin bump. The cuts are 1 above it and 1 below it. The third cut is down next to back tooth. It's had to see. After healing starts in later pic's you'll see better.

Oral 1-2 pic's was a fourth cut across my cheek inside.
Oral 3-4 Where 1st shot made to my right side. I don't know if anything wrong with that just felt odd to go way up there. When shots were done on that side, I felt a trickling down my neck. Don't know if it means anything. These results/after effects are scaring me though.

Oral 5-6 You can see how I bled on my left.

Scares and scars 1-6 Here after 3 to 6 months you can see better the cuts. Dr. only pulled three times for stitches.

See line ~ When I smile big upper lip/mouth buldges. See the crease it wont go any farther.

Top lip ~ You can see crease rihgt near top lip and top lip won't go up.

Tight on right ~ You can see from one side compare to other. Some parts move, some parts don't. See right side lip cheek doesn't flex out. Looks goofy.
I have to not smile hardly so that buldge doesn't show, but it's hard and when I make an expression look strange. It feels like it's swollen I try to talk or smile something.

Hope you can help.
So appreciate you checking this. Something inside thoughts came yo me, hitting the crown of something do this? I am sceptical because I had an bad experience with some that if they are hurting about stuff may cause pain. When he went on about his troubles that usually a sign. I should know better. I hope anyways it can be fixed healed.
Thanks again. XXXXXXX