Facial swelling

dragona

My husband had most of his upper teeth removed this morning and had an immediate denture fitted - one of his front incisors had a hard time coming out and the dentist had to pull quite forcefully. Pain relief is ok at the moment, but I am worried that one side of his face(the pull hard side)is really quite swollen.Am I right in thinking this is normal due to trauma of tooth extraction?

He looks dreadful :eek:

Dianthus

If, besides the swelling/?bruising, he's otherwise feeling ok (no fever, pain being managed with over the counter painkillers, no dizziness/feeling unwell ect), see how things look in the morning, you could attend the dentist for a review if there's still a concern. Generally incisors heal quite well& extractions are uneventful, as they only have a single root- your husband may just have had strong bone!

dragona

Ah great, thank you so much for the quick reply:D

Oral Surgeon

dragona wrote: »

My husband had most of his upper teeth removed this morning and had an immediate denture fitted - one of his front incisors had a hard time coming out and the dentist had to pull quite forcefully. Pain relief is ok at the moment, but I am worried that one side of his face(the pull hard side)is really quite swollen.Am I right in thinking this is normal due to trauma of tooth extraction?

He looks dreadful :eek:

This would be quite an early onset of infection, so most likely this is post operative swelling.
Use an ice pack wrapped in a towel (or a bag of frozen peas) for tonight.

Reassess things in the morning. The best person to assess would be your dentist as he/she really knows what treatment has been done...

Good luck,
OS

dragona

Thanks - he went to dentist this morning and has been given a course of antibiotics and anti inflammatory pain killers. Swelling is very severe this morning but hopefully the medications will do the trick.