Please Help! A lot of pain from wisdom tooth extraction I had my wisdom teeth extracted 3 days ago, and when he pulled out one of the teeth the root did not come out. amy face on that side is extremely swollen and painfull. I am not sure if he removed the rest of the root. There is also a funny taste in my mouth possibly from drainage. The rest of my mouth seems to be healing quite well. I am not sure if what I am experiencing is just normal or if I need to call him to check it out. What should I do??
Hi there, Thanks for writing your query, According to your history I can suspect some remnant of the wisdom tooth or the root piece had left UN extracted which has undergone infection. The infection has gone worse, and you have developed a periodontal abscess due to spread of infection to the underlying tissues.  This type of periodontal abscess Chat Doctor.  This type of periodontal abscess needs to be