Hi,
Hopefully there’s someone around who is able to give a tiny bit of dental advice.
On Friday I had both upper wisdom teeth removed, under LA. They had grown so far down to fill the gaps created by my bottom wisdom teeth being removed 10 years ago, and had almost started to flare to the back of my mouth, then putting pressure on the next teeth along. It created a weird uneven bite, so had to force my bottom jaw forward to bite properly, so it was time to just get them done.
Anyway, the extraction went okay, needed a lot more LA on the left side, and he took longer and was more gentle with that side as one of the roots was curling inwards slightly and didn’t want to snap it.
I’ve been super careful to follow the advice and have been doing my salt water rinses. Pain has been totally manageable and I’m able to eat fairly normally. I’ve checked daily and both clots appear to still be in situ, with some sloughy areas developing now.
Today is day three and I’ve noticed that the inside of my upper cheeks and the roof of my mouth feel very tender, which I didn’t have in the first two days and there’s a slight palpable firmness to the inside of my LT cheek. Is this likely just bruising from the dentist instilling the local?
I’m very paranoid about getting an infection or dry socket as my bottom wisdom teeth years ago were really troublesome to heal, and I ended up with dry socket both times which was horrendous, and really do not wish to repeat. But I understand there’s increase risk of that with upper teeth due to gravity.
Please help 