Dry socket.....

[julie90]

I had my lower wisdom teeth cut out 4 days ago. I am not a smoker and did just what my surgery papers told me to. Unfortunately the pain pills made me sick and i ended up vomiting later that day of the surgery. So, needless to say I have two dry sockets. I've never had this b4 and anyone who has knows it hurts to the extreme! Can someone please tell me how long I'm looking at before the pain eases up?? Google is telling me it takes a month to heal, the dentist is saying that's incorrect and no one is giving me an idea of how long I can expect this pain!  Anyone who has been here please let me know! It would be greatly appreciated! Thank you!

[StratRebel]

You need to go back to your surgeon.  He can put medicated dressings on the wounds that will remove the pain in 10-15 minutes.  He may need to do this every few days for about 2 weeks, then you should be fine.  

[scottma]

Post-op pain of lower wisdom tooth extraction is probably the worst among all intraoral surgical procedures. Pharmacologic management is generally highly effective. If the pain killer prescribed by your dentist yields too much complication, you may inform your dentist and he/she probably will switch to another pain killer.