Hi there,

I had 4 wisdom teeth extracted last week (May 9) and was told that 3 out of 4 were impacted and that the right side was significantly more difficult to take out.

Throughout that week, I had a very rough recovery and was in pain pretty much for 7 days straight. My oral surgeon fit me in this past Friday (May 16) because for days, I would wake up in this stinging pain (not like the pain they describe in a dry socket) and would wake up in the morning to this gross, nauseating taste in my mouth of blood/pus mixture. I finally lifted my cheek to see what the heck was going on on May 15 and realized something crazy was going on in there and there was bone exposure - hence why he fit me in.

On Friday, he flushed/irrigated the area and switched me from penicillin to clindamycin 150 mg QID and the pain has since subsided. He said that if the area does not close, he would throw in my sutures. 3 days have now passed and I am no longer in a lot of pain BUT

a) I have this feeling of a hard lump at the level of the gums rostral to the extraction site - sort of where they seemed to have done a gum flap. Should I request another radiograph? Or is it normal to feel the lump? It only hurts when I press on it hard.

b) I'm still seeing this tiny hole in there and there is another one more caudal that you can't see in this picture (same size). Is it going to continue to heal by second intention or would they likely need to open the area up, explore, and re-suture?

I'm just so terrified of going through this immense amount of pain again. I'm also scared of brushing that area too hard - hence the staining now that is occurring. It's been such a horrible recovery and I just want all of this to be over. I've done everything by the books including salt-water rinses multiple times a day and irrigating EVERY time I eat anything.

Thanks

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