Dr. Hall,
\nMy name is Kim. About a year ago I had my wisdon teeth pulled on the right side.<\/p>\n
I had it done by a military dentist who did a terrible job.\u00a0Afterward, my entire mouth was in a large amount of pain for months. I thought the pain would never go away. It slowly did but now I have a constant irritating feeling on the lower right side of my lip and the right side of my chin. When I push down on it, it tingles and gives an irritating tender feeling. Everytime I kiss my husband I flinch and pull away because it does’nt feel good. That’s one of the reason it botters me so much. I want to be able to kiss my husband without issues.<\/p>\n
After almost a year is this damage considered permanent? What is wrong with it? Will it ever go away? Is there something I can do to make it better? Please help me so that I can kiss my husband again.
\n– Kim in Virginia<\/p>\n
Dear Kim, Because you are having strange sensations and your lip is not completely numb, it will probably fully recover in time. The strange sensations indicate that the nerve was damaged but not severed. Nerve tissue is very slow-growing and takes a number of months to fully recover. Usually it recovers in a year, but it can take longer.<\/p>\n There’s nothing\u00a0we know of that you can really do to make it get better any faster. Related links:
\nWhen you had your wisdom teeth out, the nerve that goes by the roots of your lower right wisdom tooth<\/a> was apparently damaged.<\/p>\n
\n– Dr. Hall<\/p>\n
\nWisdom tooth removal<\/a>
\nTooth extraction<\/a>
\nTooth infection<\/a><\/p>\n\n
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