How long should freezing last after getting wisdom teeth out?!
Question: How long should freezing last after getting wisdom teeth out?
Its weird because they put more freezing on the left side and its comepletely fine no freezing anymore
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Typical dental anaesthteic lasts 3-4 hours. If they used Marcaine, it could be 10-12 hours. There is a chance that in removing your they did a little damge to your Inferior Alveolar Nerve, the nerve that innervates all the teeth on the one side of your jaw, and is also responsible for feeling in have your lip and chin. Any Paraesthsia (a loss of sensation in your lip, chin, tongue, etc) could be temporary, lasting days to months, or it could be permanent.
I hope you regain feeling soon! Good luck!
If by freezing you mean anesthetic... It should have worn off by now. Although it is possible that they injected into a pocket close to the nerves and it could take up to 24 hours for it to completely wear off. But the fact that you say none of it has worn off sounds questionable, deserving a call to your oral surgeon.
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I have no idea but i am scheduled to have my wisdom teeth taken out and from your question and some of these answers...i am just freaked out like hell right now!