my son had his upper wisdom teeth extracted 2 weeks ago the night before last one side of his gum opened up and is very painful.  Last night he said while gargling with warm salt water a peice of what looked like bone and a tonsil stone looking thing came out of his mouth.  He also said he is unable to blow his nose properly.  Since this is Sunday is it okay for him to wait until tomorrow to call the oral surgeon or should he go to the ER
Greetings to u! I'm glad that I will be able to clear your doubt. There is very less possibility that wisdom tooth removal pain lasts for this long unless it is a traumatic extraction. I would also like to point out that the healing time varies with every person. The gum opening up can be because of vigorous gargling resulting in loss of the healing tissue and bone exposure. But this is very uncommon. Next the bone kind of thing and tonsil kind of thing that popped out could be the healing tissue as I've stated before. All these might have resulted in an opening rather communication between his mouth and nose, the reason for his difficulty in blowing his nose. This can be corrected by a small surgical procedure(if required, which has to be decided by your treating dentist/oral surgeon)Till then avoid vigorous gargling, blowing nose, sucking and sneezing. In case of sneezing please close your mouth and nose with your hands. This is not an emergency situation, so be cool. Hope this helped u. Thank u