I am 16 days past my wisdom teeth extraction surgery. I have had excruciating pain since the 3rd day after surgery. The holes are close to being covered but are not quite there and I am still in a lot of pain. I went by the dentist's office yesterday and the nurse irrigated the holes. She said they are healing and it's normal to take 6-8 weeks to heal. They told me before the surgery it would take a few days until I felt good again. They say what feels like nerve pain to me is just jaw pain. When I mentioned that the pain has been worse than child labor she said that is normal and I am in my 40's and this is to be expected. I've had numerous surgeries in my life along with complications and none have taken this long to heal. I just got a message that they want me to come in for an X-ray in a week. I'm not sure why since they say everything is normal. I am considering getting a 2nd opinion from another dentist or going to a MD for the pain. I'm a diabetic so i am worried about the slow healing and infection.
Slow healing after wisdom teeth removal
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MattKW
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Sounds like you had a dry socket - they usually start 3-4 days post-op. By now it is probably too close to healing over and so placement of a sedative dressing may not be possible. The good news is that even dry sockets heal without dressings. If you have no swelling, temperature, then it is probably not infected. Well-controlled diabetes (are you Type 1 or 2?) does not pose an added risk.