I feel like I am living a nightmare all the issues caused by the extraction. I am in a great deal of pain and can't sleep. Please give advice. Should I see a 3rd dentist, should I go right to an oral surgeon, should I go to my doctor, should I wait it out? Help!Here is the story: I had one wisdom tooth extracted (lower-right) 2.5 weeks ago. While getting the injection I felt a shot of tingles through the right side of my tongue. I still do not have feeling on the right side of my tongue. Both dentists (yes plural) told me I would get the feeling back, but not for weeks. Plus, the immense pressure the dentist put on my lower jaw while trying to use "leverage" to get my tooth out has caused so much pain (I have TMJ too) that I cannot open my mouth more than a half inch making it difficult to eat, and he stretched the size of the socket so much that is now a gaping hole in my gums.
This is compounded by dry socket and the fact that the first dentist would not diagnose my dry socket. And now the second dentist, despite the fact that he diagnosed the issue, has told me there is nothting he can do for me because the packing keeps falling out (because the first dentist butchered my gums and made the socket huge while man-handling the wisdom tooth).
It is painful to eat, breath, sneeze, yawn, and I cannot sleep. Help?
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