Thanks bryanna.

It was a lower first molar that had a crown. The extraction was traumatic, six injections. The crown just broke off leaving the root. The root extraction was difficult, had to be split into pieces and then extracted.

I get a short spark type pain at the extracted site (Not all the time, there seems to be no trigger point), My skin on cheek and lower jaw is tender and painful to touch.

But the most distressing aspect is that I get a salty/metallic taste in mouth. The tongue looks swollen and feels "full and weighty". And most incredible. I bite my tongue without and control. I have NO control, i feeling like weeping.

Why do I bite my tongue, please someone.

Does anyone else have this "biting tongue" like I do.