I have numbness of lower Rt. jaw, chin, and lips past removal of Rt. lower wisedom tooth 6 days post-op. (Tongue is not effected.). I knew there was a 20% chase of this going into surgery due to my age (44) and root formation impacted around nerve. But, I had a nasty bacteria (smelly) in the wisdom tooth that would not go away after a couple of rounds of PCN and special rinses.
Why does the numbness increase at night? It feels like a burning in my chin at night and occasional sharp-electrical like pain in other teeth on the side for a split second or two. I have to sleep with a couple of pillows or this is worse. During the day it is not as bad. I am taking Advil 400-600mg q.8 hours for the next couple of weeks per orders of oral surgeon. He stated this is for inflammation around nerve and to help prevent extra scar tissue. He said that the nerve may repair it's self over time. I just wanted another opinion
Any advice would be appreciated.