Pain after wisdom tooth extraction?
Pain after wisdom extraction is normal and for some it does take longer to recover then others. From how you are describing your pain it seems more like a jaw pain then pain from the extractions. This may be because of having your mouth open for a long period of time why the did the extraction. Sometimes because of that your jaw can hurt for a longer period of time.
As for it being dry socket. From my understanding dry socket would be very painful, since you are exposing a nerve. So off hand I would say you may not have to worry about it being that. But go see you dentist anyway have him/her confirm what the real issues are so that they can treat you for it.
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Wednesday, Aug. 12th 2009 10:34 AM at 10:34 am
Hi Andy and thanks for the info. I remember when I had a tooth pulled, my mouth was open for so long that the dentist had to help me get it closed. Then my jaw was sore for months. I have heard that this is quite common and for some the pain seems to last forever. My recommendation is to keep an eye on it and talk to the dentist…
Barb