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I_did_it_-_it_was
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Hi -- I'm 58 and had my lower right wisdom tooth removed 8 days ago. It was a difficult extraction under IV sedation. and my chin and right front teeth are still numb. But I was warned about that, and that's not my problem.
I have a bony bump on my mandible ridge, on the tongue side opposite the wisdom tooth socket, with about a one-cm ulcer on it and a smaller ulcer right next to that, and it hurts quite a lot. 600 of ibupuprofen every 6 hrs is just about controlling it but not wonderfully welll. Also I have a pimple-looking cone-shaped tissue thing on the cheek side, in the cheek tissue, in front of the wisdom tooth socket, and that's burningly painful, too. It's red at the base, white at the pointy tip. Both these things appeared about four days ago.
The actual extraction site doesn't bother me much -- just those soft tissue things, which seem quite inflamed. I was on erythromycin for a week after the surgery -- done now. I got thrush from the erythro -- still have it a bit -- could that be causing all the cheek pain?
My local dentist doesn't seem concerned about the cheek tissue thing-- gave no explanation. And he says I am developing a sequestrum on the jawbone side -- that this is not worrisome and can be smoothed down or left alone.
I wish I weren't still so worried about both these issues, which look & feel wrong to me, even after seeing my local dentist. I have a follow-up w/ my oral surgeon on Wednesday.
Looking for some reassurancethat it's okay for me to wait that long, I guess. Thanks in advance.
I have a bony bump on my mandible ridge, on the tongue side opposite the wisdom tooth socket, with about a one-cm ulcer on it and a smaller ulcer right next to that, and it hurts quite a lot. 600 of ibupuprofen every 6 hrs is just about controlling it but not wonderfully welll. Also I have a pimple-looking cone-shaped tissue thing on the cheek side, in the cheek tissue, in front of the wisdom tooth socket, and that's burningly painful, too. It's red at the base, white at the pointy tip. Both these things appeared about four days ago.
The actual extraction site doesn't bother me much -- just those soft tissue things, which seem quite inflamed. I was on erythromycin for a week after the surgery -- done now. I got thrush from the erythro -- still have it a bit -- could that be causing all the cheek pain?
My local dentist doesn't seem concerned about the cheek tissue thing-- gave no explanation. And he says I am developing a sequestrum on the jawbone side -- that this is not worrisome and can be smoothed down or left alone.
I wish I weren't still so worried about both these issues, which look & feel wrong to me, even after seeing my local dentist. I have a follow-up w/ my oral surgeon on Wednesday.
Looking for some reassurancethat it's okay for me to wait that long, I guess. Thanks in advance.