Im 21 years old and I was at the dentist a while back and he said he wanted to do a "removal of impacted tooth-complete bony" whatever that means on all 4 3rd molars, but i decided not to since none of them were bothering me. Well for about the last 2 weeks it has felt like i have had an ear infection, my throat hurts, the whole right ride of my neck and jaw hurt, and i have had migrane type headaches. Then the inside of my mouth started hurting and when i looked in the mirror all there was where my lower right wisdom tooth is was a whole and my cheek is swollen. Now i cant lay down (much less sleep), or even open my mouth wide enough to drink from a straw or eat. Everyone I talk to seems to think its just from the "teething" process, and my dentist is on vacation for a month so i cant ask him (living in such a small place there isnt another one close to here either). Does anyone have any suggestions on if it really is just the tooth coming in, or is it something more serious????
2006-08-30
21:50:32
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david
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