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And thank you for the e-card deer (dear).Math Is Hard said:
Swollen Face After Wisdom Teeth Extraction
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Why would getting your wisdom tooth pulled cause swelling? I've had 4 molars pulled (for space) and the only inconvient thing was bicycling back home with the vision in my mind that there would be blood dripping out of my mouth ofcourse, now I've got a wisdom tooth that needs to be removed..
ofcourse, now I've got a wisdom tooth that needs to be removed..- 364
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Monique said:Why would getting your wisdom tooth pulled cause swelling? I've had 4 molars pulled (for space) and the only inconvient thing was bicycling back home with the vision in my mind that there would be blood dripping out of my mouth
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omg, you still have that?
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Monique said:Why would getting your wisdom tooth pulled cause swelling? I've had 4 molars pulled (for space) and the only inconvient thing was bicycling back home with the vision in my mind that there would be blood dripping out of my mouth
I think it depends on the difficulty of the extraction...and in MIH's case, an infection already present. Wisdom teeth are strange things, and the roots are pretty variable. Some come out pretty easily, and others need to be shattered to pieces to take out bit by bit, and others surgically removed by cutting the gum. It also depends on whether the roots are straighter or more twisted, and how close the roots are to the nerve that runs near them (as in therealkelly's case, they can even have the nerve wrapped right around the root). And, well, some people just bruise easier than others too.
When I had mine out (all 4 at once, with two that were so badly impacted, they needed to surgically remove them...they were completely sideways and hadn't broken the surface of the gum but instead were pressing on the roots of the molars next to them), I didn't have any noticeable swelling or pain other than a slight ache from having the muscles of my jaw stretched so far for the oral surgeon to get into my mouth (and I always thought I had a big mouth
) and where the knots from the stitches I needed were irritating the gum. I didn't take a single one of the vicodin I was prescribed. But, I've seen other people who just have one pulled that has already erupted through the gum, yet their entire face puffs up as if they'd been the loser in a boxing match.- 4,663
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ha ha Pirate Monique! Yarrh!
The right side of my mouth where they only took out upper and lower wisdom teeth never hurt or swelled at all. Seriously, I've had more soreness from fillings than what I had from those two extractions.
But on the left side they took out a molar on top, fixed an abcess, and repaired a hole in the sinus, and on the bottom they took out a wisdom tooth that was badly impacted. That side is taking a while to settle down. I have to stay on antibiotics for a while longer.
The right side of my mouth where they only took out upper and lower wisdom teeth never hurt or swelled at all. Seriously, I've had more soreness from fillings than what I had from those two extractions.
But on the left side they took out a molar on top, fixed an abcess, and repaired a hole in the sinus, and on the bottom they took out a wisdom tooth that was badly impacted. That side is taking a while to settle down. I have to stay on antibiotics for a while longer.
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I just bit the head off the chocolate reindeer I got in my Christmas stocking. This is a good sign.
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Math Is Hard said:
Yay! Glad to hear you're doing better.
Eating chocolate is too important to not be able to do it for long.