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MountainMama
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My daughter had all four impacted wisdom teeth removed Monday. It went really well and she has done great. She was really swollen, even with prednisone, ice packs and ibuprofen. She is completely off any pain meds now, says it is just mildly sore, but she still can’t open her mouth very much. She said it feels very tight and it just stops when she tries to open it. She has stitches and she didn’t say anything earlier because she said she thought it was the stitches pulling. The swelling is going down.
I read it is normal for up to two weeks. Is this true? Should I be calling her surgeon Monday or not?
She said she hasn’t looked at the extraction sites at all because she can’t open her mouth wide enough, but she is brushing her teeth as best she can and has a chlorhexidine rinse they gave her.
I read it is normal for up to two weeks. Is this true? Should I be calling her surgeon Monday or not?
She said she hasn’t looked at the extraction sites at all because she can’t open her mouth wide enough, but she is brushing her teeth as best she can and has a chlorhexidine rinse they gave her.
She is super motivated to eat “real” food again. She has been trying to do some stretching. Honestly she is doing great, and I hope the jaw loosens up soon. She is supposed to start rinsing with the syringe today but she can’t open her mouth wide enough to see what she is doing. She had trouble with her TMJ prior to this and has had ear pain due to tight muscles in the past. She got my small jaw and overcrowded teeth, poor thing
