Terrible pain & on a waiting list for extraction!

[celtic_girl]

It's now past the 72 hours and I am feeling much better. I only have a small amount of pain now and still a bit of swelling around the extraction site.

The only concerns I have now are:

- I feel like I am struggling to eat, even though it's just one tooth at the very back that is missing. I am not sure how I will get used to this and it feels weird when I eat food as if it's getting stuck around the hole.
Will I ever be able to eat normally again on both sides?

- How long does the swelling take to go down?

- I have a wisdom tooth there which hopefully will come in soon. If not, when will the hole in my gum close over with new gum tissue?

 

[carole]

By the time you have done another week you will feel back to normal if not before, everyone is different. Just eat normal now, the jaw may ache for a few more days. You sound as if you are healing really well.

You will get used to the feeling and before you know it your wisdom will probably be through. I am glad you are not in much pain now, and thank you for updating us on your progress.

You are doing really well

 

[celtic_girl]

I am glad I decided to have this tooth out at the emergency clinic last week. I just got a letter from the hospital offering me an appointment for an extraction on the 19th December!!!!! How ridiculous - I would have had toothache for another 3 months and a sore mouth/jaw on Christmas Day!

This is all my own dentist's fault though for not taking it out in the first week of August when I originally saw him which is what the consultant and the other dentist I saw said he should have done!

 

[carole]

It's nice when you get confirmation that you made the right decision. Good for you