Last Monday, 4/20, I had my back left molar taken out. I already have my wisdom teeth out, so I believe this is #17. For the last few days I have been experiencing intense pain in my lower jaw, up into my ear and into my head. I spoke with my dentist who had me come in to check for a dry socket. Upon examining he said the extraction isn't infected, there is no dry socket, and it is healing beautifully. He told me to give it a few more days and if the pain was still present to come back in.

I am wondering what is causing this pain and could something be wrong now that the tooth has been removed? I also had a bone graft done at the time of extraction because I had an abscess.

Any insight you can share would be greatly appreciated, I am a little concerned and basically living off of 1000mg of tylenol every 6 hours at this point.