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Could Emerging Wisdom Teeth Be The Reason For Sore Jaw Which Hurts When Opening Mouth To Eat?
Hi I have a sore jaw and top right of my mouth. I can hardly open my mouth fully and been can hardly eat. When I manage to eat I am in tears as its sore. The pain sometimes goes down my like like swallen glance. I also find it hard to talk at times as its like im slithering my words at times like when you suck on a sweetie. I was wondering what i should do and if it might be my wisdom teeth coming through i am 22.
Mon, 20 Jan 2014
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Yes, sometime on emergence of wisdom tooth it may cause pain in mouth while opening,eating or talking.
First you have to avoid an infection over that tooth , do warm saline gargles or betadine gargle 4-5 times a day and for severe pain you can have painkiller Flexon AA (SOS).
after that you should visit dentist and get your IOPA xray done to know the position of wisdom tooth and get treated or extracted according to situation of tooth.
thank you
welcome HCM
Yes, sometime on emergence of wisdom tooth it may cause pain in mouth while opening,eating or talking.
First you have to avoid an infection over that tooth , do warm saline gargles or betadine gargle 4-5 times a day and for severe pain you can have painkiller Flexon AA (SOS).
after that you should visit dentist and get your IOPA xray done to know the position of wisdom tooth and get treated or extracted according to situation of tooth.
thank you
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Hello, Thank you for consulting with HCM.
As you are mentioning that there is soreness of jaw in the right side and you are also unable to open your mouth, it looks that your wisdom tooth is coming which is causing this problem.
Better you should visit a good dentist get an OPG(X-RAY) done which will confirm the problem.
And if the problem is regarding the wisdom tooth get it extracted and the problem will be solved.
Hope it will help you.
As you are mentioning that there is soreness of jaw in the right side and you are also unable to open your mouth, it looks that your wisdom tooth is coming which is causing this problem.
Better you should visit a good dentist get an OPG(X-RAY) done which will confirm the problem.
And if the problem is regarding the wisdom tooth get it extracted and the problem will be solved.
Hope it will help you.
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