Hi! My name is Kaleigh and I had three wisdom teeth removed almost two weeks ago. I am nineteen years old and the removed teeth were the Two upper and one lower right tooth. No impacting on any.
I started having bad :abnormal pain around the 6th day after my teeth were removed on my lower right wisdom tooth and found out I had an infection way later on.
So I have been on antibiotics ever since last Tuesday July 1st and I had been washing my extraction site with perodex to help medicate and clean it better, until today when I switched over to warm salt water because my pain has been getting better and I think my infection is going away but my jaw pain is pretty bad and when I clean my extraction site it throbs and hurts, but it's not the bad infection kind of throb I was having before, it's more like a tender ache that takes awhile to go away. Is this normal and when will this go away?? I just want all this pain to be over with and I want to heal already and make sure my infection is for sure going away and that this tender feeling and jaw pain is normal?!?

Hi Kaleigh,

I am in the dental field and can offer you some information here.

Complete healing from a tooth extraction takes up to one year. During that time the site heals slowly but progressively providing there is no chronic infection.

It is typical to have some pain, tenderness, or discomfort at the site of the extraction for several weeks post op. If the site developed a dry socket or infection these symptoms can linger a bit longer. It is also typical to have radiating discomfort to other areas of the mouth, the face, the jaw, the ear... for several weeks after wisdom tooth removal as the jaw had to be opened very wide to gain access to these teeth. This opening puts a lot of stress on the jaw muscle and ligaments. But most of the time all of this discomfort subsides completely.

You stated that you "clean the extraction site". It is best to not put anything directly into the site like a q tip or your finger or anything that you would use to "wipe" the socket out because each time you do this, you disturb the clotting of the blood. The site is not meant to be dry and that is what happens when you deliberately go in and clean it out. The site needs to remain wet inside, not with water or peridex, but with the natural breakdown of the blood clot. Physically cleaning out the socket disrupts the blood clot and dries out the bone. A dry bone is painful and slows down the healing.

It is wise to rinse thoroughly with warm salt water 3-4 times a day. Keep your mouth very clean and eat nutritiously. All of these things will aid in the healing process.

I hope this helps!


QUOTE=KaliH;1080339]Hi! My name is Kaleigh and I had three wisdom teeth removed almost two weeks ago. I am nineteen years old and the removed teeth were the Two upper and one lower right tooth. No impacting on any.
I started having bad :abnormal pain around the 6th day after my teeth were removed on my lower right wisdom tooth and found out I had an infection way later on.
So I have been on antibiotics ever since last Tuesday July 1st and I had been washing my extraction site with perodex to help medicate and clean it better, until today when I switched over to warm salt water because my pain has been getting better and I think my infection is going away but my jaw pain is pretty bad and when I clean my extraction site it throbs and hurts, but it's not the bad infection kind of throb I was having before, it's more like a tender ache that takes awhile to go away. Is this normal and when will this go away?? I just want all this pain to be over with and I want to heal already and make sure my infection is for sure going away and that this tender feeling and jaw pain is normal?!?[/QUOTE]

Ok good! I was just making sure because I know a lot of people have talked about not having as much pain, but everyone is different. And by cleaning I mean I irrigate the extraction site with the syringe with warm salt water and before it was peridex because it was infected, not mouthwash or anything because I know that is not good! Lol. and I don't know if I am not being gentle enough or if it's just sore, but knowing it's normal and that it will go away eventually makes me feel better! Thanks so much!!(:

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Ok so tonight I cleaned it out with warm salt water and my syringe and tried to be super gentle and this was after work and I have been talking and laughing all day long. And after I was done it felt like I stabbed the hole and this intense pain hit me immediately.....but I haven't been having this pain because I am positive my infection is getting better because I stopped having intense pain I was having before. It doesn't always hurt this bad when I clean but it does sometimes. Is this still normal and just "soreness"? Sometimes it's more intense than other times.....I am freaking out because I need to tell my oral surgeon that my infection is getting better this Tuesday for my follow up so I can avoid being put to sleep again and having him cut it out and try to drain out infection stuff. I do not want that!! So is it still normal to have that pain? It's going down now....unlike when I was dealing with my infection full on that pain never went away but this does.
So I am looking to you again because I think my infection is better....I am positive it is!! But tonight....five minutes ago I cleaned it out and BAM it hurt SO bad but all day it was not this intense....and now my jaw aches and the tooth and jaw both throb....but it's like a dull surface pain throb...not the kind of infection pain I was having. I am confused because no one else can experience my pain but me and my oral surgeon sucks at knowing my pain when I describe things to him. It's awful. I do not want to be put to sleep if I do not need it and I do not think I do.
This has been the WORST experience ever. I work two retail jobs and I need this pain to just be healing pain. I need to know and let it heal and then be done! So annoyed...

Kaleigh,

I would stop using the syringe. It is BEST to just rinse with warm salt water and not insert anything into the socket to "clean it out". Every time you forcefully clean it out you disturb the natural healing process, the bone becomes dry and that is painful. If you continue to do this the site may not heal properly. There is no reason to put anything into the socket to clean it out.

You should explain to your oral surgeon that you have this pain every time you use the syringe. I'm sure he will tell you to stop using it.





Ok so tonight I cleaned it out with warm salt water and my syringe and tried to be super gentle and this was after work and I have been talking and laughing all day long. And after I was done it felt like I stabbed the hole and this intense pain hit me immediately.....but I haven't been having this pain because I am positive my infection is getting better because I stopped having intense pain I was having before. It doesn't always hurt this bad when I clean but it does sometimes. Is this still normal and just "soreness"? Sometimes it's more intense than other times.....I am freaking out because I need to tell my oral surgeon that my infection is getting better this Tuesday for my follow up so I can avoid being put to sleep again and having him cut it out and try to drain out infection stuff. I do not want that!! So is it still normal to have that pain? It's going down now....unlike when I was dealing with my infection full on that pain never went away but this does.
So I am looking to you again because I think my infection is better....I am positive it is!! But tonight....five minutes ago I cleaned it out and BAM it hurt SO bad but all day it was not this intense....and now my jaw aches and the tooth and jaw both throb....but it's like a dull surface pain throb...not the kind of infection pain I was having. I am confused because no one else can experience my pain but me and my oral surgeon sucks at knowing my pain when I describe things to him. It's awful. I do not want to be put to sleep if I do not need it and I do not think I do.
This has been the WORST experience ever. I work two retail jobs and I need this pain to just be healing pain. I need to know and let it heal and then be done! So annoyed...[/QUOTE]

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Thank you for all your help Bryanna but my surgeon said this Friday I will have to get surgery again to have it cut open to try and squeeze out stuff so this sucks :/ but oh we'll
After this is had better heal and be done. Hopefully.
Thank you.

Hello Bryanna,

Hope your well....

I had my lower wisdom tooth removed on 28th June, i didn't have any pain or swelling until last Monday but for some reason the swelling and pain has come up and i cant open my mouth. I feel my Jaw has become very stiff which is not allowing me to open my mouth hence unable to eat proper food. I visited the dentist last Tuesday and i am on Antibiotics now but still there's no improvement even after having antibiotics for last 3 days. I am just wondering why the infection has come up after 6 days of the surgery. Is this normal? How long will it take to recover? Please can you advise?

Thanks

Rejoy

Hi Rejoy,

I would suggest that you see an oral surgeon to evaluate the area. Bring or have your xrays sent to him so he can see the history of that area.

Sometimes people develop delayed swelling from a surgery or trauma. If that is the case then it may subside on it's own in time but it is still something to have evaluated by an oral surgeon to rule out infection or fracture of the jaw.