well i had earlier posted a question saying i was terrified about a dental surgery that i had to go through...well....it wasnt that bad.
but anyway.....they told me they were going to numb my mouth after i was "put under" and they did. but the surgery was like almost a week ago now (5 days) and the left side of my mouth is still numb.
it's like from the middle of my bottom lip to the corner of my mouth on the left. it also feels like theres tons on pressure on my teeth in that area, and they are numb too.
i called the doctor and he said to "give it a couple days"
this numbness is really annoying me. it's making it hard to chew food and it makes me feel like i have a "fat lip"
is this normal for it to be numb this long after surgery?
is there a way to make the feeling come back or something i can do?
any help would be appreciated
thanks Additional Details2 weeks agoIt was a surgery to pull out my bottom 2 wisdom teeth (cause they were growing the wrong direction)
and from the time I noticed the numbness it has not "shrunk"
everytime i move my lip it makes it tingle really bad.
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I had a tooth pulled once and this same thing happened to me. What it is, is when they gave you the shot to numb you, it got alittle too close to the nerve. And it's going to "sleep" alittle longer than normal. I had it for about 2 weeks really numb and then about another week half numb, then it slowly went away in the next few days. And yes it is a pain. You have to be very careful so you don't bite your cheek and tounge. And it drove me nuts too! But it will go away.