Hi Doctor, i got my both the lower wisdom teeths extracted 2 weeks ago. after a week my stiches were removed. My both the teeths were horizontally placed so doctor had a tough time extracting them mostly the left one. Now i am facing numbness in my left side of the mouth. It feels like i have a frozen 5 teeth in the left side.And have pain in the gums i believe and lower left side of the lips.Wound dosnt pain though and healing. While eating i go through a tough time because on biting anything slight hard also my last molars and the one before that hurts a lot. I told all this to my doctor and she has given me Pregalin M75 and says there is a nerve injury and might take a month to recover. Please advice.
Hello, Welcome Thanks for consulting Chat Doctor, I have gone through your query, as you have mentioned that you have undergone wisdom tooth extraction, and now you are feeling numbness on left side of mouth, not to worry so much, it can happen in wisdom tooth surgery, nerve injury can happen in surgical extraction, so not to worry so much as you have gone to your dentist and medications have given, and you are taking medication nerve injury will heal, Do warm saline gargle two - three times a day.  Hope this will help you.  Wish you good health.