Hello Doctor, Thanks in advance for your kindly help. Dr, I had an OPG sterday and the doctor said that my wisdom tooth has been infected on both sides and left side the infection is more., and wants me to remove the wisdom tooth...I am going to get removed it this weekend. Now my doubt is, my left hand and left leg feel very numb (I do have chills and sweats on my left side) and i do have pain in my left hand... Please any one let me know whether tooth infection can cause numbness and pain in the hand... Thanks and regards,
If your dental infection is long-standing, and you don't take care of it, it may show generalized symptoms like fever, fatigue, head-ache etc. But before this happen, you suffer from local complications like extreme jaw pain, difficulty in opening mouth, swelling of cheeks/neck, and sometimes there can be difficulty in breathing and swallowing also. If you suffer from any of the above symptoms than your pain in hand and legs can be due to your dental infection. Extraction is not the only treatment of infected wisdom teeth. If your wisdom teeth are impacted + infected than extraction is the only treatment option. But if they are not impacted, and can be saved, go for root canal treatment. Ask your dentist to interpret OPG to you, and then you decide.