Well, went to a new dentist today to "make sure" things were healing nicely since it has been 4 weeks since upper simple extraction of wisdom tooth. Wow....I cant believe that he said yes, it looks fine and it is healing well but it has a ways to go to be completely filled in, ect. He then went on to say that is could take several more weeks...maybe even a month more before I really stop feeling these strange "healing" sensations. I tell ya. If the dentist that did the extraction would have told me this.....I am not sure I would have had it done. Yes, it was crooked. Yes, it was looking kinda nasty and hard to clean around but this recovery is a pain. I keep reading where people are "healed" up in a few weeks....why am I so different? I am taking Vitamin C and drink milk....eat pretty healthy. Maybe it is because I am 40 that this is taking so long? OR maybe it is because my expectations were that since the dentist said "simple" extraction, I mistakenly thought 2 weeks max and I will be good as new. I guess lesson to be learned here is patience, patience and more patience. Good luck everyone!!!!