Hi Bryanna,

I have been using mild salt water to clean out the holes, they're actually quite small since the stitches were in places for almost two weeks. There was some bad tasting fluid coming from the right side, but after using the syringe it has gone away. My dentist said the fluid was not a problem and would go away with healing.

Thank you for clarifying that, I had no idea. The tooth had been bothering me for a while but I thought the sensitivity was only coming from the fact that the filling is quite large and close to the nerves. I actually hadn't been to the dentist in 3 years until I got my wisdom teeth removed haha, shame on me.

My dentist did not mention anything prior to my visit on saturday. He showed me the X-ray of my infected tooth and my untrained eyes couldn't really see anything, but he said there was an infection. Well I have no clue what's going on... I guess the infection has spread.

I'll be sure to do some sifting around in the root canal forums.

Thank you so much for all of your help and for just being here and doing such a kind thing for all these people looking for help.

Tab

Hey everyone,

I just wanted to come and update my post I originally made 2 years ago.

I see a couple people stumbled across my post through Google searches and had similar issues.

I am happy to report that the sensitivity has completely dissapearred and the pain when chewing has completely dissappeared as well.

But boy.... did it take a while!

The dull aching pain around the extraction site when chewing firm or crunchy foods took about 3 months to subside. Now it never hurts.

The hot/cold sensitivity was really bad for the first few months after the extraction. During the following summer I remember it only bothered me occasionally, and only if something was REALLY cold.

For the last year I have had zero discomfort, I seem to have healed 100%.

Also the socket where the wisdom tooth used to be kind of shrunk and closed up. Now it is a smooth healthy pink tissue sort of shallow divot.

I do still have to be careful to clean behind that tooth next to where my wisdom tooth used to be. But no biggie.

My advice for anyone who finds themselves in a similar situation is be patient, keep the extraction site clean until it smooths over, don't smoke for 2-6 weeks after extraction, and USE FLOURIDE RINSE. That helped a lot. I remember in the months following the extraction I would brush and floss and then hold FLOURIDE rinse inside my mouth over the whole area for several minutes before spitting it out and going to bed.

Hope everyone else who has this issue heals faster! It feels so much better not to worry about it now.

But boy... it sucked at the time :/

Thanks again to Bryanna, I hope you've been doing well.