Wisdom tooth removal is typically a safe procedure without long-term complications. Minor complications such as bleeding, swelling, nausea, and bruising are common and easy to treat. Rarely, more severe surgical complications such as dry socket, infection, and nerve damage may occur. ...
‘impacted’. If your wisdom teeth are impacted and need to be removed, you will experience some degree of swelling around the lower wisdom teeth. Sometimes patient’s refer to this as the “chipmunk effect” because after surgery you look like you are packing nuts in your cheeks like a ...
Kamboh and his staff to complete the procedure and handle her extractions. “The recovery time was short and I didn’t even have any bruising or swelling,” Katie says. After having all four of her teeth extracted, she now no longer has to worry about her teeth shifting or getting an ...
Immediately after surgery, you might experience some swelling and discomfort. You will be numb for a few hours after the surgery, so you won’t feel any pain. However, after the numbness, you may feel some pain and soreness. You will also have some swelling around your mouth and cheeks. ...
Unfortunately it may even be possible for an implantable microchip to be put into a wisdom tooth extraction socket or other area of the mouth during wisdom teeth surgery. These microchips could potentially be used to track location and listen to conversations. This is extremely unlikely and extreme...
When you have TMJ or tooth extractions, you may need to apply heat packs or ice packs to your jaw and face for several days to help reduce the jaw pain and swelling. This is especially true after wisdom teeth are removed, or if you have TMJ pain and inflammation. These handy, well-...
4. Swelling and Bruising To cope with the swelling, you might need to use ice packs as per the dentists’ directions. The swelling of the cheeks resulting from the tooth extraction gets better typically in two to three days. However, the bruising might take relatively longer to go away. ...