Sensitivity after extraction

[sarahh96]

I had a molar extracted two weeks ago and everything has been fine. But, the adjoining tooth, or the one above (I'm not sure) is sensitive when I bite down, like the silver paper feeling.
Is this normal after this long or should I go and get checked?
Really bugging me, I'm beginning to wonder if he took the right tooth out, as the pain is the same as before the extraction.
Any thoughts?

It’s common for adjoining teeth next to an extraction site to be sensitive post extraction. My dentist told me 4 weeks, mine lasted longer than that but did eventually settle down. In the meantime I was told to rub sensitive toothpaste on the affected teeth. I’m 8 weeks post surgical wisdom teeth extraction and the residual pain in the adjoining teeth was agony, the sockets and minor swelling were a breeze compared to that so you do have my sympathy. Go back to your dentist if it continues though.

yes I think this is normal. I had a molar out recently and the neighbouring tooth was very sensitive. Took a few weeks but it’s fine now.

obviously if it continues go back to the dentist

Completely normal. Pressure is put on the adjacent teeth to elevate the tooth to be extracted.

Thank you all. That makes sense. Will wait a bit and see

@sarahh96 did the pain settle? I had an upper wisdom
tooth removed 3 weeks ago and have pain in neighbouring one and one below on bottom opposite molar

@SickickFan mine was an upper wisdom tooth also. Week 3 now and still have the residual pain in neighbouring tooth and the molar below jaw when did your pain go

@Deedoo yes mine settled after about a month. I still get the odd twinge but otherwise it healed ok.

@sarahh96 great to hear Sarah. I guess yours was lower molar and you had some feelings or sensitivity in the upper molar too right and adjacent tooth x

@Deedoo more on the adjacent tooth really. At one stage I thought he'd taken the wrong tooth out. Thinking about it though, molars do have long roots and I suppose are very close to other roots below the gum line. Taking one out has got to aggravate the others. Doesn't help that the hole that's left feels enormous either. I found I was sort of focusing on it the whole time, which probably made every twinge more noticeable.