All Wisdom Tooth Extracted, Suspected Trigeminal Neuralgia. Can The Gums Be Infected Causing All Pain?

Hi,

Thanks for asking the query,


According to your clinical symptoms i suppose that you have developed a dry socket in your extracted wisdom tooth, it is extremely painful condition ususlly occurs due to dislodgement of the blood clot from the socket.
Trigemminal neuralgia is a condition in which pain is present on touching specific trigger points.
You need a thorough clinical examination by an Oral Surgeon to rule out the cause.
Also the dry socket should be treated with ZnOE dressing to promote healing, you probably have to visit to the Dentist periodically to change the dressing.
At home take lukewarm saline and antiseptic mouthwash rinses.
Maintain a good oral hygiene.

Hope this helps out,


Regards...

Welcome to HCM forum. From your history it seems your pain is due to dry socket and open bony fragments of your extracted tooth socket. It is not Trigeminal neuralgia. It has a different symptoms. You should visit your dentist, who can trim the exposed bony margin, which will give you faster relief. About dry socket, no medicine has been proved to heal the infected bony socket faster. It will heal by itself. Zinc oxide and eugenol dressing is an old concept and such dressing with gauze will relieve pain but certainly will delay healing. The most accepted local dressing can be made by combination of 1] one drop of eugenol(Clove oil, available in all pharmacy), 2] one drop size Betadine ointment, 3] one drop size lignocaine 5% ointment. Apply this combination with your finger into your socket every two to three hours. It will reduce your pain, give you a soothing feeling, kills local bacteria. The socket will heal by itself. Do not use any gauze dressing, which will delay healing. Beside this you can use Paracetamol 1 gm for pain as and when required. Hope, this will help you in reducing pain and faster relief.

Hello,

Thanks for choosing HCM forum,

After reading all your present symptoms I feel your left sided extraction socket has developed dry socket..which is a imflammation of bone lining the socket...

I think you have taken all the antibiotics and analgesic according to prescription....

You can continue warm saline rinses at least 3-4 times/day...

Consult with Dentist and Zinc oxide eugenol dressing is required for that socket...

Trigeminal neuralgia usually developes from a particular trigger point and pain generally lasts for few secs to minutes..I don't think so your pain is related to that...

Don't be worried...

Get your proper treatment done...


Regards...

Hello,

Thanks for writing to us.

The pain as well as infection post extraction of wisdom tooth may be due to-dry socket formation.

Irrigate the socket with betadine as well as sodium hypochlorite solution.

Apply iodoform paste into the socket to promote wound healing.

Take amoxycillin -500mg tablets as well as diclofenac -50mg tab.to relieve infection.
Maintain oral hygiene well.

Take care.