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Medical Forum / General / Dentistry / February 2006Molar Removed, causing numbness of lip and stiffness of jaw?
I would really appreciate it if someone qualified could comment on my situation. I have no wisdom teeth remaining, and had the second molar on the botton left side removed due to a absess underneath it, which was a capped crown. This was on Thursday Jan 20. The tooth cavity has healed up well, with the doctor stating no infection etc is evident. What my concern is, a week after the extraction,I started experiencing numbness in my front left face and lips and has continued since. There is still some soreness in my jaw as well, and pain throbs ocassionally. Will this be just temporary while the nerve rebuilds itself, how long can I expect to have these symtoms? Any help would be much appreciated for I do voice work, and this would be a great hinderance. Ken Canada I say it wil lreturn to normal. Give it some time. Joel Joel M. Eichen DDS DISCLAIMER, we have not seen the tooth in person so please do not rely on this diagnosis. >I would really appreciate it if someone qualified could comment on my >situation. [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] >Ken >Canada I suggest you ignore Joel. He's an idiot. As far as I understand, your complaints started after an uneventful period, right? If so, there must be something wrong with the extraction site. A numbness indicates a nerve damage. But if a nerve damaged occured related to extraction procedure, you had to experience this numbness immediately after the operation. A numbness started after some time is interesting. It must be immediately seen by a competent oral surgeon. Don't wait for healing itself. > As far as I understand, your complaints started after an uneventful > period, right? If so, there must be something wrong with the extraction [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > It must be immediately seen by a competent oral surgeon. Don't wait for > healing itself. Yes the tooth was removed, a few days went by with some pain, but nothing rediculous. aout 5 -7 days later,it was then I started to have a really tough time openning my mouth wide enough to eat anything of size. Then a numbness started in my lower jaw,check and a sorenss on the upper check bone. I am now 4 weeks after surgury, and still have some numbness,kinda like a freezing. It has left the lower chin part to some degree, but wtill high on the left check side. |
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