After having a tooth extracted - especially molars - you may feel some pain and discomfort for around 3-7 days after it has been removed. However, if you still have intense pain near the area immediately after 5 days, book an appointment to see your dentist.
Some swelling is normal after oral surgery. For most people, it increases for 2 or 3 days and then starts to go down after that. If your swelling and pain increase after 3 days, call the clinic for an appointment. You will have the most discomfort when feel- ing starts to return to your mouth.
If you have a tooth removed (extraction), look for any signs of infection. The pain and swelling usually get worse about 4 to 6 days after surgery. If you have an infection, this can be treated with antibiotics.
Swelling. Swelling is the body's normal reaction to surgery and healing. The swelling will not become apparent until the day following the extraction surgery and will not reach its peak for 2-3 days. It should decrease after this time, but swelling may last for 7-10 days.
While it's normal to feel some discomfort after your anesthesia wears off, this should subside significantly a few days after your extraction. You can expect a full recovery within two weeks or less.
Signs of infection after extraction
Instead of the pain getting better from the extraction, it gets worse. The bleeding continues for more than 24 hours. Experiencing an unpleasant or foul smell coming from the mouth. Seeing discharge in or around the area.
Dry sockets become increasingly painful in the days after a tooth extraction. They may also have exposed bone or tissue, or an unpleasant smell. By comparison, normal healing sockets get less painful over time and do not cause any other symptoms. A dry socket can be very painful, but it is not usually serious.
If your swelling doesn't start to go down by day four, or if it worsens, contact our office to schedule a follow-up consultation. Either of these could be a sign of an infection, which needs immediate treatment.
The main symptoms of dry socket are increased pain and odor in the mouth. Usually, pain and swelling after a tooth extraction get better over the course of a week. With dry socket, pain begins a few days after surgery and gets significantly worse. The pain may feel like it covers the whole side of your mouth or face.
Swelling – Swelling should subside almost entirely within 10 days after surgery. Immediately following your tooth extraction, apply an ice pack to the facial areas near the extraction.
Days 5-7: By now, most of the swelling, discoloration, and soreness should be minimal. If you were given antibiotics to prevent infection, be sure to finish the entire 7-day course.
In most cases, you will experience some pain, uneasiness and irritation for a maximum of seven days and a minimum of three days. Any severe pain should subside anywhere from 24 hours until 72 hours following the tooth removal procedure.
After about 3 days, the empty tooth socket will have mostly healed. There should be no more bleeding present, and swelling should be minimal at this point. You may still experience some tenderness or soreness, but you should no longer feel pain or discomfort.
Look out for post-operative complications
It's normal for swelling to occur at the surgical sites following any type of oral surgery. It can take a few days or up to a month for swelling to subside.
After a week, there should be no bleeding, and symptoms like pain, swelling, and bruising will fade significantly, too. You can usually start brushing the extraction site at this time, though you should still be gentle when doing so.
About 3 days after your tooth extraction, your gums will begin to heal and close around the removal site. And finally, 7-10 days after your procedure, the opening left by your extracted tooth should be closed (or almost closed), and your gums should no longer be tender or swollen.
After a tooth extraction, you should develop a blood clot in the socket (hole) that's left behind. It'll look like a dark-colored scab. But if you have a dry socket, the clot will be absent and you'll be able to see bone. For this reason, dry sockets usually appear white.
Normal pain after tooth extraction subsides progressively within a week. However, dry socket pain increases every day and becomes excruciatingly painful, especially if something touches the nerve endings. Pain will not subside and becomes unbearable. You may also notice bad breath.
While each patient is variable, this swelling usually peaks on days 3-4 and should typically begin to resolve by day 5. You can limit the amount of swelling you will have by using ice packs. The more ice you use in the four days, the less swelling you are likely to experience.
After a tooth is extracted you may experience some swelling around the mouth, cheeks, eyes and sides of the face. This is the body's normal and healthy reaction to surgery. Most swelling will not become apparent until the day following surgery and will not reach its maximum until 48 to 72 hours post-operatively.
Some swelling and soreness can continue throughout the first week. Throbbing pain during the first 24 hours after your extraction is likely just a sign that your body is healing. The pain should respond well to any over-the-counter or prescription medications you take. It may also decrease with basic self-care.
A dry socket pain doesn't always begin right away. It can take several days before the pain begins. Most of the time, the pain starts small and gradually gets worse over time. Other times the pain can begin without warning and can be excruciating in which case you should seek an emergency dentist immediately.
After extraction the gum oozes out some blood at the blank tooth socket. This blood clots and stays there causing pain. If the clot by chance gets removed due to your food or drinks or is removed intentionally, then nerve endings at the socket gets exposed. And this causes more discomfort and pain.
You should experience post-surgery pain one day after your surgery should, but dry socket pain usually peaks 3-5 days after the extraction. Moreover, dry socket pain is a sharp, severe pain that will radiate into your ears and the rest of your jaw.