Pain After Wisdom Teeth Removal Posted: 01-04-08 23:05pm
I had all my wisdom teeth pulled about 3
months ago and had no problems with the
extraction. However, recently I have had
lots of pain with the area around the
bottom right extraction. I have felt
around the area and can feel something
protruding from the side of my gum. Is
this normal to happen after this long?
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prdent1
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Joined: 26 Dec 2007 Posts: 70
Posted: 01-05-08 20:14pm
yes ,it could be a bone spicule ,you have
to go to your dentist to remove it.
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Tmddyan
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Posted: 01-06-08 16:16pm
i agree go in and have it checked out
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2eatoria
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Joined: 05 Jun 2008 Posts: 32
Posted: 06-05-08 19:53pm
If you're lucky, it's a bone fragment. If
you're not lucky, maybe you went to the
same oral surgeon I did. He cut me four
times, and I had four sets of stitches,
but when I went back for my next routine
checkup, my regular dentist said "How many
extractions did you have?" "Four." "Are
you sure? The source of your discomfort
appears to be a partially-erupted tooth."
So I got a panoramic X-ray, and lo, guess
what? Right. I guess while I was sitting
there under general anesthesia with my
gums sliced open, the phone rang, or his
hot secretary came in and distracted him
or something, and he closed me up without
removing the blarfin' tooth.
Unbelievable!
When I woke up from the general the second
time, he handed me the tooth in a bag, and
said "If you grow any more teeth, we need
to do some tests to see if you're an
alien."
ARRRRRRRRRRRRGH!
There was only one tooth. I saw the
before and after, and it was in exactly
the same place on the second X-ray. That
jerk just didn't do the job I paid him
almost a thousand bucks to do!
Oh well. They fixed it in the end, for
free, and I decided not to try to sue
anybody. Maybe I should have.
Anyway, I guess by now you know what it
was. Here's hoping it was just a bone
fragment.
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