Hi Bryanna,

I'm from the UK and have read up on your valuable advice you have given to other forum members. I was wondering if you could assist me as I do not know what advice to follow.

I had my lower left wisdom tooth extracted last year due to it being impacted and badly decayed/infected, the surgeon at the hospital was great took her time despite the tooth crumbling and stitched up the hole completely to prevent dry socket (which i was extremely worried about). I had a great recovery and barely needed any pain relief it was mainly for sore jaw if i did take any. 2 months later i have just had the right lower wisdom tooth removed on Thursday, this tooth was also impacted however not decayed and I presumed it would be a little more straightforward.

The surgery was done by a different surgeon, halfway through the procedure i could feel pain from the drill and the surgeon was reluctant to give more anaesthetic due to something to do with the pulp but thankfully more anaesthetic was given. The tooth was a nightmare to take out and at one point i thought my jaw was about to snap. Eventually after an hour i was done and the surgeon informed me the hole had not been fully stitched up despite me asking this to be done again. I went home and bled straightaway for 12 hours and used gauze and tea bag to stem the bleeding. 3 days later I am in severe pain, it is throbbing from my lower teeth on RHS radiating up to my ear and hurting my top teeth, the hospital were not responding to my call so i made an emergency appt with my normal dentist. Upon inspection he told me I had a dry socket and put an alveogyl dressing and said i had a secondary infection to this and gave me antibiotics. He also said the little stitching that had been done in my cheek was pointless and removed the stitches. I have just got home and to be honest I am traumatised, I have a huge fear of dentists and it took me two years to pluck the courage to have them removed in the first place. It has been half an hour and I've taken pain relief but still in pain. Please can you advise if I will start to recover with the antibiotics and dressing?