i just had a tooth extracted (not a molar/wisdom). he said he ripped something I think the skin..it seems the skin muight be gone under the tooth next to it as the tooth seems more exposed and blackened. did several stitches
I see my face near the site is swollen and has a bruise that is dime to quarter sized appear since I left dentist. there also appears to be bruising on the gum in front of it (back of lip) the bruise and swelling though it affects the inner lips is mostly on the left side of chin on outside..will this go away and how long
Could this be a hematoma? Is there anything I can do to help it or not cause damage? he forgot to give me a script for pain though he=mentioned it. Plan on calling tomorrow but do they not use antibiotics after toothache when tooth needs to be pulled. Since I had some kind of infection going on last week that i thought might be thrush (had coated tongue, small white blisters on side of tongue (they broke easily if scraped), sore gums, palate and sore throat, pain food feel like it is cayenne, peeling tongue and felt like food stuck at mid-chest like heartburn or something which I do not usually have but saw is a sign of thrush. I thought at first it came form using sensodyn toothpaste several times as saw a forum where people said they developed extreme sore tongue, mouth and blisters etc but a day later started having vaginal symptoms like redness, sweltering and strong pain and itching. I rarely get infections there making me think it was thrush.
By using some natural treatment and stopping the sensodyne, the blisters and white coating went away but the pain remains. After looking in my mouth about 4 seconds he said I might have had thrush but they do not see anything. It is still hard to swallow and eating and drinking (except water) hurts/burns. It does not at all feel normal.
Could it be thrush and how is it treated, Maybe it is a bacterial infection? if so, if he gave me antibiotics, it might help me tongue and genital issues or narrow down if it might be fungal/yeast.
finally although I do have problems in most of my bottom teeth, top seem fine except for a gum-line filling that fell out and a chipped front tooth yet he advised pulling all my teeth and even implied he would not do anything to help me like filling the filling that shows as near the front that fell out on a top tooth.
I have severe diabetes and severe bruxism..he said teeth were bad even though hardly any signs or feelings of them not being ok on the top He did not really look at them or take xrays of them/ Mentioned bone loss..
I am afraid to get dentures as an upper partial made me gag all the time and I could not wear it..tonight they said even with dentures might not work and would be hard to keep in due to bone ridge loss.
does pulling teeth on top that seem fine seem like a bad idea/ I do not think emotionally I can handle doing both or even one right now as so many other problems going on. One other time a dentist advised pulling both top and bottom but most I saw did not say pull the top.
so it is about the bruise. swelling and hemotoma, the thrush or what not and the suggestion typo pull all my teeth both top and cotton (I had nearly no plague and no loose teeth)
thank you