It's been 10 days now since I had all 4 wisdom teeth removed (at age 32). I'm not sure if I ever had dry sockets since the surgeon didn't quite say that I did, but I was in so much pain on days 3-5 on the lowers that he packed them with a clove oil formula and that pretty much took the pain away.
The pain came back within 2 days though, and I went back in. He asked if I wanted to re-pack or leave as-is. He implied that it might be better to not pack them, so I passed and just dealt with more pain for the last two days.
The two lower dry socket areas do feel somewhat better recently, but I still have a lot of jaw pain in general, and even my teeth/gums are sore on the top of my mouth. Could this all be from the lower dry sockets still, or is it possible that my teeth are now shifting?
My wife just thinks I am being a baby about all of this (since hers came out without issue when she was 18), but this is pretty much Hell ...
2007-03-17 16:31:40 · 4 answers · asked by henryeleejr 2 in Health ➔ General Health Care ➔ Pain & Pain Management
Dry sockets hurt! You should have gone for the pack again. It is no sweat of your dentists back and it makes you feel better. The areas will be sore that's normal. Shifting is not occurring. Not this soon by any means. You were probably swollen and it is healing. Go back- it take s two seconds to check. and one minute to pack. You are not being a baby. Men don't tolerate things as well. women give birth, it makes us tough!
2007-03-17 16:39:10 · answer #1 · answered by Oneria2006 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You are going through hell and back, rinse with some warm vinegar and salt warm gargles.
Try rinsing with just olive oil also.
It will be alright before long, just keep gargling, motrin works well with it, take pepcid complete if motrin upsets belly.
Your wife is lucky, wisdom teeth can be dangerous.
2007-03-18 00:02:43 · answer #2 · answered by sunflare63 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If it still hurts that badly, talk to your dentist again. You've just had something removed from your body... no matter how minor the procedure, there are possible complications.
Better safe than sorry.
2007-03-17 23:41:31 · answer #3 · answered by Jen J 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it takes awhile for them to heal=try rinsing your mouth with salt water=you could have a low pain tolerance level too
2007-03-17 23:38:02 · answer #4 · answered by caffsans 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋