Wisdom Teeth Removed,now Small Lump Posted: 03-02-06 19:50pm
I had all 4 wisdom teeth extracted 4 days
ago by an oral surgeon. They said they
had no problems removing them. I swelled
up a lot on both cheeks, but mainly on the
right side. I then went to the dentist
yesterday as my right cheek was warm to
the touch. He gave me pencillin for an
infection. The swelling has gone down and
the redness gone away, but now I feel a
small walnut sized lump in my cheek. It
is right above my mandible near where the
tooth was removed. What could it be? I
heard that it may be a bony callus formed
to protect the area surrounding the tooth
and that it will disappear within a few
weeks. Do I need to go to the dentist
again to get it checked on? It doesn't
hurt too bad. Thanks for all your help.
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wwoodhull
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 26 Aug 2008 Posts: 1
Me too! What happened? It is very painful, hard lump! Posted: 08-26-08 20:58pm
Please let me know what happened to you!
And how you recovered!
I had my 4 wisdom teeth removed about one
week ago (wednesday). The first four days
went as expected: minimal pain, some
swelling- but really not that bad. Then on
about the 5th day(sunday) I began to swell
a lot on the right side and it was hard,
with lots of pain. It was also warm. I
went to my surgeon yesterday(monday), he
gave my an anitbiotic, and drained the
infection. But the hard lump didn't go
away. Since getting the antibiotics
yesterday morning, it looks like I have a
golfball in my cheek and i can barely
touch it. The swelling really hasn't gone
down, and the pain is the same. I had to
leave the country to go to school, i'm now
in costa rica, so I can't go back to my
surgeon.
Will this subside this week? Could it be
more than an infection?
