Two weeks ago, I had my left lower wisdom tooth extracted.  (Bill says,
Tooth 17.  Extraction-surgical Erupt tooth.)

Although the tooth was straight and not impacted, it was only partially
out of the gum and had caused me gum infections every two years or so.
So, I told the dentist to take it out. At the time I had it out, I had
an infection in the gum.

He said it was a "difficult extraction"; it took over an hour and he had
to cut the tooth in half.

I was prescribed clindamycin for 7 days.

Two weeks later, I still have a dull ache in this area and my face is
still very slightly swollen.  The outside of the gum is painful if I
touch it with my finger, but not extremely so.  I am having to take
ibuprofen, 400mg 2 or 3 times a day.

I am 50yo, so I assume that the healing is much slower than if I were
20.  Could it be normal to still have pain two weeks after the
extraction given the above facts?

In any case, I am calling the dentist tommorrow to try and get in before
the weekend.

Thanks in advance for any help.