There will be pain as the socket is healing. Day 3 tends to be the worse, and then lessening each day thereafter. The amount of pain is dependant on how difficult the extraction was and whether there was any bone removal. With bone removal the pain can be worse so rely on painkillers (below). Post …
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Earache or joint pain
When eating or yawning Pain in the joint of the jaw bone is called TMD – Temporo Mandibular Dysfunction. It is associated with high stress levels which create tension in the muscles around the joint. This joints can also become stressed when the bite of the teeth is not in harmony with the swing of …
Facial pain with no dental cause – Comes in waves
When pain cannot be attributed to any dental problems, we need to consider other more rare anomalies. Tissue pathology may include ulcers, viral infection, sinusitis, benign tumours, cancerous tumours, bone tumours, or other medical conditions. Trigeminal Neuralgia is a painful neurological condition that often gets mistaken as a toothache. Your dentist will test all of …
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Swollen gum or face
May or may not have pain Bacteria can get through the tooth and travel down the canal until they come out into the bone. This will usually follow a bout of pain at some stage, though sometimes the swelling can come years after the original tooth pain. Dental swelling needs to be taken seriously as …