I would ask that you have a CT scan and then an MRI as this is the best way to show it on test. Does your jaw pop at all? My uncle had all his teeth pulled and got dentures and he was having this pain too and he was diagnosed with TMJ. Any small fracture of the jaw area can cause this such as having teeth pulled.
I'm not sure what my topic is .... I had all 4 of my wisdom teeth pulled a week ago. The dentist who pulled them had me awake with local pain killers. The right two were the hardest to get out and they spent an hour extracting them. I knew when they were doing it that they were pulling fairly hard on my jaw and possibly unhinging it as I go to a chiropractor often to get my jaw aligned.
i am going threw the same problem i had a wisdom tooth on the bottom left and two really bad teeth next to it removed and it hurts to swallow it feels like i have strept throat but i no i dont it makes me wounder if wisdom teeth have an effect on the throat like eye teeth when they get pulled give you a black eye
I had all four of my wisdom teeth pulled 5 days ago. I still cannot eat solid foods because my teeth are misaligned. My molars are not completely flat, they have sharp edges arounf the edges. My question is; is this normal? Can it easily be fixed? I am not sure if they are misaligned from right to left or foward or back. I get my sutures removed in two days, but I really want solid foods. Please help. Thank You.
I have 5 teeth pulled out on Aug 6th (four wisdom, one fractured). Now the bruise and the swollen has gone. But every time I try to open my mouth, the right side of my mouth would be very hurtful. Now I can only open my mouth to the degree that to put one finger between the upper and the down sides of my teeth. Any wider than that would cause a lot of pain in the right side of mouth.
I'm still taking antibotietics every day. Could u tell me what might happened and what shall I do?
hope you can help... I went to the dentist recently and dentist said that I had some decay on my wisdom teeth and that he wanted to pull them to stop infection and spreading he sent me to get an opg xray (I think that's what it's called) and when I went back he told me I had a really bad infection under the tooth in front of my bottom right wisdom tooth and it would need root canal treatment as the infection is really close to the jaw bone...
I had my 4 wisdom teeth extracted about 4 1/2 weeks ago. I am still in pain. I have pain in my cheeks, ear, jaw and temple. The pain is not consistent, comes and goes. It does get worst at night. The OS has told me to take motrin or celebrex. the meds help but i am concerned about continued use of these for over 30 days now. The pain now is thru neighboring teeth into my cheeks and it is sharp. Second the pain is thru the front of the jaw and teeth as well.
I had my wisdom teeth removed about 1 month ago and a few days ago, I awoke with pain in my left jaw joint. Since then, it hurts to open my mouth wide in the jaw joint and down under my jaw as well. I also have felt a little tingle in my face in that area when I open wide and hear a small click in my jaw. Does this sound like TMJ and could it be related to the surgery? Should I contact my oral surgeon or a dentist that specializes in this?
You know I may also be TMJ, that's what I have,the worst case. I get pain in my jaw, headaches, sometimes throat pain, and ear pain, and back pain, you'll know if you have it by pressure on your side jaw(both sides) Just my oppinion.
You should probably get checked out by a TMJ specialist to see if your symptoms are related to the TMJ popping. There is a definite possibility with the muscle strain that opening and closing the jaw as well as pain is related to the TMJ but I'm not sure about the mouth dryness at this point.
As for the teeth moving, it probably isn't due to the wisdom teeth as people without wisdom teeth have their teeth move as well.
Yup...good news is...having teeth extracted doesn't really hurt all that much. The dentist can give a perscription for a strong ibuphrophen (like Advil) and perhaps some antibiotics if there's any infection. I've had 3 wisdom teeth pulled (all at once) and a couple other extractions and it's never as bad as we think it's going to be. So...you shouldn't worry to much...he wont be in that much pain.
Hope this helps and all goes well!
what ever happened with your jaw alignment problem?? because 2 months after my bottom wisdom tooth removals my jaw looks very uneven and still i have pain and numbness around the area of the removal. i have yet to get an x ray of my jaw but had x rays of the area where the removal took place. im just confused and dont know what to do.
A broken jaw from wisdom tooth removal is one of the more rare complications, but its still common enough that we are taught about a fair amount about it in school and how to handle it. Its highly unlikely that anything the oral surgeon did would have caused it (except he took out the tooth), especially 10 days later. The only chance of negligence on his part would be how he handles the situation now. But from what you mentioned, he is doing everything he can.
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