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Should I Worried About The Soreness And Whiteness Inside My Lower Tongue After A Fall?

age: 26 height: 5' 4'' weight: 138lbs Three nights ago I fell and slammed my face into the ground. The outside surface of my face and lips are already healing up nicely. I am concerned about the inside of my mouth though. The space where my lower lip attaches to the gums of my lower teeth is extremly sore. (there was a lot of blood there the night it happened) now it is all white inside. Is that scar tissue? is that normal? I have no feeling in my chin right below where the white part is inside my mouth. It is as if my chin is numb and I cannot feel anything.
Mon, 28 Apr 2014
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thanks for your query, i have gone through your query. the soreness in the vestibule could be because of the the break in the mucosa secondary to trauma the whitish appearance could be the slough covering it or the food debris. the numbness or loss of sensation could be because of the injury to the nerve supplying the chin area particularly branches of inferior alveolar nerve. so consult your oral physician and take radiographs like OPG and rule out fractures and get the wound cleaned and irrigated if needed suturing can be done. i hope my answer will help you. take care.
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Should I Worried About The Soreness And Whiteness Inside My Lower Tongue After A Fall?

thanks for your query, i have gone through your query. the soreness in the vestibule could be because of the the break in the mucosa secondary to trauma the whitish appearance could be the slough covering it or the food debris. the numbness or loss of sensation could be because of the injury to the nerve supplying the chin area particularly branches of inferior alveolar nerve. so consult your oral physician and take radiographs like OPG and rule out fractures and get the wound cleaned and irrigated if needed suturing can be done. i hope my answer will help you. take care.