My wisdom teeth were removed in February. They healed up well enough. Now it’s October, and one side has split open. What do I do? I can’t go to the dentist/oral surgeon until June. Food gets trapped, and I can’t have this turn into an infection because I will not under any circumstances go to ER or Urgent Care.

I’m on day 5 following a coronectomy. Days 1-3 were very uncomfortable but tolerable with medication. Starting day 4 I developed extreme sensitivity to cold to the point where cool room temp water is painful to sip. And outside of eating or drinking it just feels like I bit into cold ice cream with my lower back tooth except that sensation won’t go away. It’s quite painful. Is this normal? I’m on antibiotics and steroids but expected the pain to ease up not get worse. My swelling is very minimal at this point. I’m worried something serious is wrong or that I have permanent nerve damage.

Today is day 6 after my surgical wisdom tooth extraction, and I feel like the pain just isn’t getting any better. Yesterday, I cried through lunch because of how much it hurt (I only had some lukewarm soup). Painkillers aren’t helping at all. I can’t do anything, I can’t concentrate. I’m so fed up with this. I’m also a little disappointed in myself because I thought I’d be able to handle the pain much better.
My dentist told me that the worst pain would be on days 2–3 and that it should get better after that, but honestly, I feel like it’s even worse now, or at least the pain has completely plateaued. When is this finally going to get better?

woke up in god awful pain going into my throat and into my head today, morning of day 7. i was completely fine yesterday and actually felt awesome but i tried to go back to work and quickly had to leave early due to growing discomfort. went home, took my painkillers again which really didn’t do a lot for it, then i wake up this morning in awful pain. i call my after-hours surgeon number and they call me back, i tell them this and they tell me that i should just rinse it, take more pills, call again tomorrow. i feel as though this is a lot more urgent and im not sure if i should wait until tomorrow. there is a dentist office near me that has weekend hours and responds well to emergencies, should i try and go there today or just wait til tomorrow like they told me? i called my surgeons office twice in excruciating pain and really got no comfort 😭

tldr: woke up day 7 in excruciating pain, called after hours surgeon and they told me to call back tomorrow, should i go to emergency dentist office today instead?

Got these fuckers taken out five days ago. This one keeps bleeding and throbbing. Ik the picture sucks but should I be concerned? The other side feels pretty much fine. They did tell me the side in the picture was a bit of a doozy to get out bc they had to dig more so.

Is this dry socket? Please help I am freaking out. My molar was surgically removed Thursday and today is Sunday. Pain wasn’t too bad and out of no where tonight I started getting pain and a lump under my ear/neck next to jaw. Out of no where. I started tasting funny taste in my mouth. The socket isn’t painful at all. I rince after every meal and drink with antiseptic mouth was and taking antibiotics. Everything I looked up said the lymph node swollen is the first sign. I tried getting a photo of the tooth and the hole is huge and can’t see a clot :( I am petrified. Does it look like I may have dry socket?

I still see a small clot on my stitches but it seems some of the clot has slid down. I did get PRF treatment on this tooth but there is jelly like blood just kind of sitting around the neighboring tooth. Should I try to rinse it off? Or just leave it alone. I’m on day 2 of recovery.

My surgery is scheduled for November 2nd but I realized I’ll have Halloween plans where I’d probably have a few drinks. I know you’re not supposed to smoke before but the surgeon didn’t mention anything about alcohol. Would this be safe?

pic for context i guess? but i had my lower left wisdom removed last saturday, it sucked. i wasn’t expecting to have it done right then and there, but they said it was urgent and best to do it that day, blasé blasé. i was awake for it, which sucked because the whole reason i didn’t have it extracted years ago was due to my anxiety around it, i got stabbed in the tongue by one of the instruments used, which hurt! and for some reason afterwards, there was a mix up at the pharmacy and it took 4 hours to get my ibuprofen, and the one i had at home wasn’t touching the pain at all, so i cried for 2 hours while in blinding pain. all of that was kind of unnecessary for my question, but i needed to rant lowkey… anyways, i was wondering how long it took everyone to feel normal again, being able to eat normally, chew normally, etc, etc… im scared i’ll never feel the same, so im sort of regretful, but i also know things would be worse if i ever removed it so fuck it we ball

I got 4 wisdom teeth extracted on October 8th so that puts me on day 10 of recovery as of writing this. I am still in a lot of pain. My pain has not gotten worse but it also doesn’t feel like it’s improving and I’m still on a heavy pain medicine schedule. My mouth seems to be recovering fine as there was no physical indicators of infection and I seem to be healing fine. Should I still be worried? For context I had 4 wisdom teeth extracted on the same day and they were all impacted. My top two were growing very close to my sinuses while my bottom two were very close to my nerve endings in my bottom lip. Please help I haven’t had good sleep since my surgery 😭

Just sucked this out my wisdom tooth socket. it’s basically day 5 op as I had my surgery at 8am. Am I fucked

hi! I had all four of my wisdom teeth removed yesterday in the morning. I have like the worst dental anxiety ever, but it went by fast and easy.
i was only bleeding a lot when i got home, got it to stop. And ive been prescribed pain medicine and antibiotics, as well as peridex mouth wash. I have a little swelling and tenderness. i just want to make sure this looks okay for day 2. I’ve been so careful of doing everything right, that if something were to go wrong id be in distress. left pic is my right side, it was partially erupted. and the right pic is my left side and was horizontally impacted(they had to cut through gums) any advice would be helpful :)

Day 9 recovery. Feel fine my jaw doesn’t feel tight anymore, maybe lightly sometimes but nothing to be concerned about. Stitches still dissolving. Doing my salt water rinses but honestly I’ve just been sending it and eating the foods I want to again (not anything too crunchy though).

I. Miss. Smoking. Been hitting a vape every now and then and I’ll have one drag of a ciggie if I feel cheeky. But do you reckon I can just go ahead?

I got all 4 of my wisdom teeth extracted on Thursday so I am 2 days post-op. The pain today was unbearable but thankfully it subsided as the day went on. I remember going into the doctor’s appt and thinking they wouldn’t be that serious just to be encountered by THAT… lol!! Hopefully I heal fast because I don’t know how much longer I can live as a squirrel

I’m 4 days post teeth out. Waking up in the middle of the night in agony, and now hungry but still not allowed to chew anything… all I want is some toast

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I dont feel anything now but recently it has partially erupted an edge and im scared if that means the first half of the crown has pushed into the tooth in front of it so that the one edge had erupted. The dentist didnt say anything bout it but told me to brush it clean as possible

Hi I am in my 20s and I have been into 2 dentist and they have said different things so I wanted to see what other dentist have to say. I am getting braces next month as well. But basically I am wondering if I should get my wisdom teeth out or not I have so much anxiety over it. One dentist told me I would need to while I went to another and they said I don’t need to unless it cause my pain or any issue which I don’t think I have. What are your professional opinions? Also I wanted to mention I have a small mouth if that has any impact

Hi all, new here & wanted to share my story and see if anyone had similar. 36/F

I got my upper right wisdom tooth pulled yesterday With help of nitrous. It had not erupted at all and was in my sinus cavity. The procedure took two attempts and resulted in more of a manual removal I’m told. My OS said they had to remove quite a lot of bone to get it out and that my face would likely bruise and swelll up to my eye. This was physically a very tough thing to go through.

I am on a soft food diet/sipping water and resting. I just started a Z pack today as well. Has anyone ever gone through this? I’ve had all the others removed but never this severe of procedure And not sure what to think about the bone aspect. What is my recovery going to be like honestly? This is the most pain I’ve ever been in my whole life. My eye/ears/jaw, everything is so sore.

i am using arnica gel for swelling/bruising. As well as hydrocodone/tylenol and I have a muscle relaxer for my TMD. 😔

My wisdom teeth were all erupted and literally took 10 minutes to take out. I had zero complications and no complex placement. They told me it would be a really easy recovery but I am suffering. I'm taking the maximum amount of painkillers, including opioids, I was allowed to and it's still unbearable. My head hurts, I'm getting migraines, my sinuses hurt, my jaw is stiff and painful. It's been 2 days and I've just been rotting and sleeping. I want it to stop so bad. I feel somewhat lied to because everyone else who had a simple extraction like me had next to no pain. I'm just ranting but I am just suffering.

I got my wisdom tooth removed on the 12th the next day I was only eating tomato soup on day 2 I was eating Mac and cheese by day 3 I was eating pizza on day 4 I was eating burgers and tacos with beans and rice I’m now on day 5 and i have no pain just sensitive teeth and a bad taste that comes and goes out of nowhere how is everyones experience with getting there top wisdom tooth removed and how did your healing process go? Should I still be worried about dry socket if I’m not in any pain?

Hello i am 5-6 weeks post op my wisdom extraction and this red bump thingy appeared at like 5th week first i was like i brush that extraction site thats why it got red and bumpy but its not going away still have swelling on my cheek. Pls let me know what this could be. Just doing salt water gargles currently