I am a 42 yr old female in good health. Friday of last week, I had my lower right wisdom tooth removed. It was very difficult to remove and was ultimately cut up and removed. Now my right tonsil and gum area hurts whenever I swallow!! Whats going on?
Thanks for your query, I have gone through your query. The pain in the tonsil or gum area near the wisdom tooth can be because of ulcer that usually occurs following wisdom tooth removal that can be authors or traumatic ulcer. The other possible cause of pain can be presence of bony spicule near the extracted site, that occurs if the bone filing has not been done properly. Nothing to be panic, consult your dentist and get it evaluated. Meanwhile you can take symptomatic treatment like topical anesthetic and analgesics like 2%lignocaine and choline salicylate gel (Anabel gel) apply 3-4 times daily before food and if the paid is severe you can take systemic analgesics like diclofenac 50 mg BID for 3 days. Do saline gargling. I hope my answer will help you, take care.