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I Have just 4 perfectly fine teeth removed too make room as prep for braces. One of them was digged out because get broken during extraction. I have some stitches. I notice that tooth next to it hurts and rocks when touched. Probably it was some pressure applied on it when removing nr 4 on lower left. Is this tooth nr 3 going to be OK in place.What should I do?

I had the exact problem.

When a tooth is extracted is causes inflamation in the surrounding nerves and often causes refered pain to nearby teeth. I have had severe refered pain; not fun

BUT it is NOT normal for the tooth to be moving or "rocking".
Please call your dentist asap and I’m sure they will sort it out for you.

I don’t just have TMJ disorder, I was assaulted a few years ago and my jaw was broken and it never healed properly, and now I believe that the disc in the joint on the right hand side has slipped. My oral surgeon is not concerned at all with it. Is an orthopedic surgeon who I would see?

Yes. An orthopedist is a doctor who specializes in bones so you are on the right track. Depending on what type of insurance you have, you will likely have to start by seeing your primary care doctor and then having him refer you to an orthopedist.

I had a very difficult extraction of my lower wisdom tooth by an oral surgeon. The procedure lasted over an hour and consisted of the dentist drilling little pieces of my tooth off to get it out. (the tooth was in down under the skin sideways near my jaw)
My jaw is also so achy and I am still on soft foods (I can’t even eat noodles!). I tried but today I am paying for it. I had the tooth out on Friday and I didn’t go to work today. How long will I be out for? I am 28yrs old..not a teen
I also still have numbess in my chin and lip area because of nerve damage

it’ll be a week or two if everything heals well and you dont get an infection…..definitely do not smoke bongs, the suction will give you a very painful condition called dry socket that is the most painful thing i ever endured

Tonight I was teaching my three year old to break dance and when he was standing up he cracked me on the underside of my jaw. Initially it hurt but I thought it would go away. When I realized that I couldn’t close my jaw completely I went to urgent care and they diagnosed it as TMJ. They couldn’t give me very much information. Has anyone had this happen and made a full recovery? I still can’t shut my jaw and its freaking me out.

Unfortunately I know of a lot of people that don’t ever get full recovery. I didn’t damage mine, but I got TMJ where my jaw locked closed… that was in May of 2007 and it’s still closed. You can go to ehealth.com and tmjfriends.com to find good information about treatments, etc. I use those sites a lot!

I hope yours gets better!

Good luck.