Is There Pain After Wisdom Teeth Extraction?
It is normal to have a bit of swelling and bleeding after wisdom teeth extraction. After all, getting your wisdom teeth out inevitably causes some damage to your mouth. Your tissue may be swollen and painful, and you may not feel like eating or drinking for a day or so after. The important thing is for you to stay relaxed, take care of your mouth and rest until you have healed from wisdom teeth removal.
Removing wisdom teeth has become a routine matter in dentistry, and there are very few people who develop serious complications after wisdom teeth extraction. The most important thing is to follow your dentist’s directions as carefully as possible in the days after having your wisdom teeth removed. In particular, try to be very careful while your mouth is still numb. It is easy to inadvertently bite your cheek, damaging the tissue so that, when the numbness goes away, you will have a painful sore to deal with!
When I had my wisdom teeth removed, I decided to take it as easy as possible. Instead of going to work the next day, I dedicated it to wisdom tooth recovery. I stayed at home, ate soft foods and used an ice pack to try to keep the swelling down in my face. I admit that it was not all that easy – my face swelled up like a balloon, and as soon as the anesthetic wore off, I was in quite a bit of pain. Fortunately, I had a good book to read and a sympathetic wife to watch over me and take care of me for the next day. I can’t thank her enough for taking care of me after the dental surgery. Having someone to baby you a little bit is a wonderful thing after undergoing a painful procedure.
The worst thing you can do is to bounce back up again right after surgery. I had a friend who assumed he could just go right back to work after wisdom teeth extraction, but in the long term it actually made matters worse. He forgot to change his gauze and rinse with salt water, and the wound where his wisdom tooth was took a lot longer to heal than mine did. While I was feeling more or less back to normal after just a few days, he was still in major pain a week or so later. If he had just taken the time to go easy on himself, he would have been fine by then!