Hi, Welcome to Medhelp Forum, The symptoms you are describing bear resemblance to two possibilities which can be either facial nerve palsy characterized by inability to close eye, loss of sensation on affected part, difficulty in speaking and mask like face on affected side because facial nerve innervates facial muscles and any damage to facial nerve may cause inability make facial expressions like smiling, frowning etc. Second possibility is Trigeminal neuralgia - neural pain of face with possible loss of sensation on the affected part of face but eye is seldom involved. It is usually associated with history of traumatic extraction of ipsilateral tooth. Third possibilty can be sinusitis due to possible oro-antral fistula after extraction leading to sinus infection. This may lead to dull pain over the cheek area but inability to close eye and tongue involvement may not be explainable with this condition. You may consult an oral surgeon/physician/ neurologist to rule out above stated possibilities who may be able to help you in this regard. Take care.
Thank you for your advice. I know that I will need to see a doctor eventually I have been waiting to get ahold of my dentist who has been out of town. I really hope that its something related to my extactions rather than something more serious. I have no vision change as of yet thankfully but if it keeps spreading the way it has then I am afraid that it is only a matter of time. The affected area runs from midway up my left cheek to the middle of my forhead and wraps around and into my left ear but no hearing loss either.
I know from experience with faciAl trauma requiring plastic suurgery to replace the floor of the eye socket that the teeth and cheek on the same side can be numb. I do not particularly remember the tongue being numb though. Several years after I got an abcess in the eye tooth on this same side that required a root canal so it seems the face eye and teeth on the same side are affected. Also vision on the opposite side can also be affected negatively. Hope my personal experience helps. I saw an neurootolaryngologist (neurologist and ear, nose, and throat) for the repair and treatment via plastic surgery.