10 days after wisdom teeth being pulled
 

It's been about 10 days since I had 4 wisdom teeth, plus one more that a wisdom teeth was pushing on removed.

Now I've been feeling what I can best describe as inflammation around my jaw, I can feel it swollen when I touch my face and it's clearly visible to others who look at it..

I've been rinsing with warm saltwater probably 10 times a day every day, especially after I eat. Is it normal for my jaw to be like this 10 days after having teeth removed? It hurts all through out the day constantly... but when I go to lay down for the night, that's when I can really feel it start to hurt more and it's really preventing me from sleeping good... even with taking two ibuprofen before going to sleep, yes it hurts that bad.. Where the teeth have been removed no longer hurt unless I get something very temperature sensitive in there... for example I had a glass of mountain dew with ice and some of it found it's way where they pulled the tooth... excruciating pain until I finally had time to alleviate some of it by washing out my mouth.

How much longer should I expect this jaw pain & what tips can you provide to me to help cope with it?

Hi vgchat,

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

Your symptoms are not normal 10 post op. You should see the oral surgeon to evaluate your swelling as you could have an infection in the jawbone.

Also, not to change the subject but are you aware of the ingredients in Mountain Dew???? All soda is very unhealthy but please read up on this one....
http://www.snopes.com/food/warnings/bvo.asp

Let us know what the oral surgeon has to say.

Bryanna

Hi thanks for the response. I will definitely contact the dentist I went to and let them know about the situation and see what can be done.

Btw yeah all soda can be bad if abused but I tend to keep it down to 1-2 cans a day and they usually tend to go with lunch & supper, not 2-4 liters like the guy in the article lol.

As for in the meantime, I picked up some Naproxen Sodium as suggested by a pharmacy doctor in kmart today so we'll see if that helps any.

Well I just got back from the dentist today or whatever his title of "DDS" means.
I was prescribed to take more penicillin VK and APAP/Codeine.

What happened pretty much was I went through the xray machine and he made me open my mouth while checking it using those dental stick things.

I asked if there was a chance of infection and if was the jaws and received a no to both. Apparently it's the teeth or lack thereof causing the pain. They want me to use the little syringe thing to help dislodge food but I find that a bit difficult to use & opt to rinse with warm saltwater instead... even though I can't see what I'm doing with that syringe, would it be ok to keep rinsing like this or should I try to use that syringe more?

I'm no expert but why would they prescribe penicillin if the say there is no infection? Seems a contradiction to me...

vgchat,

Yes, DDS is a dentist.

I am a bit confused by what you have written. The symptoms you described are not normal 10 days post op. If the dentist thought there was no infection, then why the antibiotic??

If you cannot maneuver the syringe than just rinse with the warm salt water.

FYI..... it is best to avoid any foods or drinks that are too cold or hot until the surgical wound closes over. You may have some exposed bone which is why you are having the pain and why a very cold drink would be painful in that area. Your dentist should have been able to see this if he did a thorough evaluation.

Also, not to harp on the subject of soda.... but any amount of soda is unhealthy and certainly not recommended when your mouth is healing from oral surgery. Take a look at this...
http://articles.mercola.com/sites/ar...ng-a-coke.aspx

Bryanna