Pain after wisdom tooth removed
Added: August 12, 2005 - 9:42 AM
By: Patient Email Withheld, Baltimore, MD
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Case Summary
Extractions / Oral Surgery
Teeth: 17
Case Description
I had my wisdom tooth removed almost two months ago. Is it normal to feel a little bit of pain when the gum starts growing back together where the tooth used to be? I had disolving stiches but they had to be taken out early because they were iretating me. The pain is from the area where the tooth was and down the left side of the neck and it is not a constant pain but enough to be noticed every once in a while.
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Reply: Pain after wisdom tooth removed
added: August 13, 2005 - 4:52 AM
I would not expect a patient that had a tooth removed two months ago to have pain associated with the procedure. The cause of your discomfort could be from normal healing to something sharp in the healing socket like bone, small part of fractured tooth , or maybe the wall of the boney socket is too sharp. The only way to find out is to go back to the dentist who extracted the tooth for an evaluation and an X-ray.
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